That’s a fused clapton coil, 2 strands of 30awg wire for the core, with a 40awg wire wrapped over top. Material it’s made out of will vary.
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Oh ok…I was totally wrong then! LOL I get it now, thanks. That makes a whole lot more sense.
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Sorry, Xalky99, I just saw this but I see that big_vape took care of
the answer (thank you!).
I have two Geekvape Zeus X rtas going right now and am very happy with them.
I use the coils that I mentioned in my other post. They are 2.5mm inner diameter and I add a half wrap by bending one leg down so they are going the same way,
I cut the legs to 6.5mm using a Coily tool
I install them so that the legs just touch the base and then snip off the ends underneath the build deck after they are tightened down.
I generally align the outer edges of the coil to the outer edges of the build deck.
I trim my wicks so that they are just through the wicking ports.
After it’s all juiced up, if I think the cotton looks too thick or feel my hits are a little dry, I might trim the cotton a bit in these areas,
Sometimes you can see the deck through the cotton. If I do thin it, I pretty much leave the wicks alone at the ports, just thinning between there and the coils.
Occasionally I’ll not have to mess with my wicks, but I’m not at all consistent with my wicking so sometimes I need to touch things up a bit.
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Great post. If I do get one of these I will refer to this post for guidance.
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Thank you!
I wish you much enjoyment and no hassles with whichever RTA(s) you decide on!
I did try to link to the coils I use but something went wonky and it didn’t show up right.
The link in 2whiskeymike’s post takes you to the menu with all of the coil options though.
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I put the coils in my cart. I’m in a toss up between the HellVape Dead Rabbit 3 RTA and the Geekvape Zeus X rta. I’m probably gonna get the HellVape because my favorite vendor has it in stock at a very reasonable price. Do you use cotton or rayon wicks? I like the idea of using rayon, for all the practical reasons, except that I’m still on the fence about the healthiness of it.
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the rabbit 3 comes with the coily tool so need to buy one just FYI
rayon may have trace chemicals from processing but so will cotton, heavy metals, waxes, degumming, scouring.
cotton likes to gunk up and turn dark which can create more byproducts like acrolein.
im more worried about cotton personally but neither is “healthy”
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I have a Dead Rabbit 3 as well, though I don’t use it very often right now. I still have the coils in that came with the kit but they seem to need more power than I like to use so I only give it a whirl now and then.
(didn’t want to replace them as they’re hardly used - should just swap them out, lol)
Seems to be a good tank from the little I’ve used it.
I got a pretty big box of rayon (the cellucotton from Sally’s) when I first got into rebuildables a few years ago. I tried it a few times then but guess I found the cotton easier for me to use so really haven’t given it a solid go.
Maybe when I swap those coils out of the DR3 I’ll give the rayon another try.
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So apologies if this has been covered cos ive not read the thread you posted but afaik cellucotton and rayon should be distinctly different?
From what ive read, theyre both made using different processes.
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my box of cellucotton says 100% rayon fibres
im sure there is different processes to get rayon depending on needs/purpose
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So your post made me curious. I just went to amazon to see what I had put in my cart and indee it was cotton, Amazon.com, but there is also one that is 100% rayon here, Amazon.com : Graham Cellucotton Beauty Coil 100% Rayon, Regular : Beauty & Personal Care. The boxes look identicle so, it’s important to pay attention to the details of the description. Same price too. Check out the links. I’m glad I caught that.
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This is the same as what I have,
It has CelluCotton on the box but is 100% Rayon.
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I actually just bought both the cotton version and the Rayon version…They’re only 6.99 per box. I’ll have enough wicking for awhile. There’s 40ft in each box.
I’m off to the races, everything is ordered and I should be building my first RTA by next weekend. The only thing that I didn’t get yet is the tool kit and coil checker but I have a shop full of tools and I can build it on my mod. I have all sorts of tweezers and precision screw drivers and flush cutters. The only thing I dont have are ceramic tweezers but I think I can get by without those for now. The coil master v3 kit is kinda hard to find, a lot of places are sold out. Any thoughts on the chinese kits that are being sold out there?
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You should probably read the thread that warkwarth pointed to above for the debate on Rayon. It clears up a lot of misunderstandings. Please don’t highjack this thread.
Thanks
Marcel
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Eh, the tool kits are mostly overrated, I think.
Tweezers are handy for teasing, thinner and tucking cotton. But in pinch you can do it all with the little flat screwdriver.
The screwdriver that comes with most RTAs is usually 3mm ⌀, so you can use that for coil positioning.
This is my “kit”. I don’t think any item here was more than a few bucks from the all-supplier, Amazon.
If you ever get to winding your own coils a coil jig is worth it. But that’s probably the only specialty tool involved in any of it.
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I did happen to find a Coil Master kit and TAB ohm reader/building platform but had pretty much pieced together a kit and was building on my mods by that time.
I had picked up a coil winding tool from Coil Clout and just added to that,
I think the Coil Master TABs/ohm readers saw more use in days past when many folks were building for mechs - before the regulated mods became more advanced.
If you’re happy with your cutters and drivers, the main thing I would recommend picking up is one of the winding kits, though some folks prefer the stepped rod style or just screwdrivers.
edit: oh, ceramic tweezers are good to have too, but folks make do without them.
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have you looked on ali-express?
i have bought wire, pre-built coils, mods, chargers and tanks and alot of tools vape and not there. because canada has a very lousy selection
even de-walt has some tools made in china
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I have every tool pictured in your post and then some, except for the coil jig which I can pick up at some point. I fix cars and I have a machine shop…I got lotsa tools…LOL
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I know right! I never think about looking on Ali-express because of the long shipping times, but I should. Just about everything is made in China.
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