It's been a great vaping day!

[wikidbitch]

I did two new things today! I got my vamo v5 in the mail today and started vaping it! Still getting used to it. It's my first mod. So far so good. I also got some 30 gauge kanthal and 100% organic cotton in the mail and rebuilt my first kanger coil! It his great but it's a little lower ohm than I'm used to. I started out with 12 wraps but it wouldn't fit between the metal so I took it down to 8. It's at 1.6 ohms which isn't to bad for a first try I guess. I wanted more like 2.2. Practice makes perfect. I'm going to try to rebuild 3 more.

[eLCruz]

Try using 32g kanthal for those high ohms.

[wikidbitch]

Thanks. I'll try that next time. For now I'll just adjust my voltage until I run out of my 10 ft of 30g. I saw a guy on YouTube reach 2.0 with 28 so I figured 30 would be good. He was a pro though lol

[Bebop]

8 wraps - you must be wrapping them small too. What are you using to wrap them?

You can always increase the diameter and do fewer wraps to get them to fit too."..

[wikidbitch]

I'm wrapping them around an eyeglass screwdriver. Than I put them between tweezers to tighten and burn them. Then I thread the screw drive back threw and use it to place the coil while I put the head back together.

[VapeHappy]

10 wrps of 30 on a 1/16 bit get me 2.02 or so.

Try pinching it in spring tweezers and torching it till its all red, then let it cool while in the tweezers, for a nice tight micro coil. I found this necessary to get it in there with enough room that I was comfortable with her using it, LOL.

My Miss`s uses ego batteries so I have to wrap hers at 2 ohm so it don`t burn on a fresh battery. :?)

Best of luck,

R

[VapeHappy]

Jinx, ha, ha.

Your screw driver may be too large. A Smaller diameter coil means a higher resistance. I would be willing to bet your screw driver is more along the lines of 3/32 or larger.

Try a drill bit.

Edited August 28, 2014 by VapeHappy

[wikidbitch]

Just got 10 wraps on my second try and it's reading 2.0. I'm really happy with that. I'm wishing I had spring tweezers right now! My fingers hurt :/

[VapeHappy]

Right on, glad that worked.

I misspoke thou, a smaller diameter only works if the wire itself is smaller also, but you get it. :?)

I use 1/16 inch in the hole bunch of kanger-evod heads we got because it fits well enough I don`t worry about grounding it out.

Have fun.

R

[Bebop]

I'm wrapping them around an eyeglass screwdriver. Than I put them between tweezers to tighten and burn them. Then I thread the screw drive back threw and use it to place the coil while I put the head back together.

Yeah. I use one of those jumbo paper clips. 5/4 wraps give me 1.5 and 6/5 gives me 1.8 and they fit nicely and give me better airflow than the stock coils.

Edit : that's with 30g

Edited August 28, 2014 by Bebop12