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Daniel

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I had been procrastinating about building my own coils for awhile now, but on Sunday, I was frustrated with a couple of bad coils I bought, so I got out my 50ft. roll of Kanthal wire, and I started trying to find the right coil that worked for me. I tried 13, 11 9,7 & then 5 wraps, & 5 is the magic number for me. I do 5 wraps, and I'm getting consistant readings of 1.1 to 1.2 ohms. And they are going on 2 Kayfuns, & Taifuns, & all through Sunday, I vaped on 3 different variable mods, & they performed perfect.

I got great taste & flavor, & plenty of vapor production, so I'm considering this a success. I have talked to quite a few of you folks and have been advised many times to start building my own coils, but I held back. Not any more...I used up that 50 ft. roll of Kanthal, I was just going to town on making my coils, & I have a little baggie full of ready made colis for my mods, & I suspect they will last me a very long time.

Now I'll admit, the first few I made did not look so good, but with me being almost a perfectionist, I kept trying and looking at them to determine what I was doing wrong, & I can honestly say I was able to figure it out, and I'm really quite proud of my hand made coils! I'll post some pics a little later today (Monday) it's 3:00 a.m. & I'm wiped out...lol I just had to get it out that I was successful at making my coils, and it was because of the encouragement and guidance I have recieved from The Underground!

Hoping everyone has a great week...:)

Daniel
 

Garemlin

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Congrats!!! Nothing quite like the feeling of building your first coil and firing it for the first time. I was so hesitant about even getting into coil building. Finally started doing it back in April. Now looking back I wonder why I waited so long.

This was my very first working coil. For a ProTank II head

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This was the first working dual coil I ever did for an RDA

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jae

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Congrats!!! Nothing quite like the feeling of building your first coil and firing it for the first time. I was so hesitant about even getting into coil building. Finally started doing it back in April. Now looking back I wonder why I waited so long.

This was my very first working coil. For a ProTank II head

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This was the first working dual coil I ever did for an RDA

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Those look like my first coil, also earlier this year i believe. My friend said it looked like it was built by a robot. Same for yours! Nice.
 

Bahas

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Nothing like the feel of building your first coil. Of course it only gets more addictive the more you do and you try to figure out other coil build. Sleeper is my favorite so far. Parallel coils are fun too. After awhile of building you can almost name a coil by looking at it. So congrats on your first build and welcome to the fun of chasing the perfect build. Happy Vaping.
 

M5amhan

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congrats.. just a pro tip though, get some 28g if you are like me and prefer higher ohm (1.2-1.6) builds. you wont regret it. sounds like you are using something like 32 gauge
 

jack

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To each his own, but I use 32 g. in evods , protanks and kayfun 4 to 5 wraps gives me 1.6 to 2.1 ohms . Just easier for me instead of running for the 28 or the 30 every time . Just my 2 cents . Oh, and grats .
 

Chris Balusek

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I started rebuilding Vivi Nova heads quite a long time ago. You guys have done good. Keep it up! Once you start building it becomes an addiction.
I use 26 and 28 gauge on my Kayfuns. I normally shoot for right at 1 ohm and just under one ohm.
 

Daniel

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For that range of ohms, that would be considered sub ohm right? I'm having an issue with my SVD, sometimes it lets me use 1.1 & 1.2 ohms, but sometimes I get the red light, and it will not read, or fire. And the meter won't read them either, so I'm thinking my SVD is going out, or my meter has gone bad. so I'm making a coil jig, & gonna make hight resistance coils and see where that goes..
 

Bahas

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For that range of ohms, that would be considered sub ohm right? I'm having an issue with my SVD, sometimes it lets me use 1.1 & 1.2 ohms, but sometimes I get the red light, and it will not read, or fire. And the meter won't read them either, so I'm thinking my SVD is going out, or my meter has gone bad. so I'm making a coil jig, & gonna make hight resistance coils and see where that goes..
Anything less than 1ohm is sub ohm (0.001-0.99 Ohms). Though yes for your SVD you want to stay at least around 1.2 Ohm. The not firing at 1.1 Ohm is actually a safety feature of your device.
 

TK Bisher

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I had been procrastinating about building my own coils for awhile now, but on Sunday, I was frustrated with a couple of bad coils I bought, so I got out my 50ft. roll of Kanthal wire, and I started trying to find the right coil that worked for me. I tried 13, 11 9,7 & then 5 wraps, & 5 is the magic number for me. I do 5 wraps, and I'm getting consistant readings of 1.1 to 1.2 ohms. And they are going on 2 Kayfuns, & Taifuns, & all through Sunday, I vaped on 3 different variable mods, & they performed perfect.

I got great taste & flavor, & plenty of vapor production, so I'm considering this a success. I have talked to quite a few of you folks and have been advised many times to start building my own coils, but I held back. Not any more...I used up that 50 ft. roll of Kanthal, I was just going to town on making my coils, & I have a little baggie full of ready made colis for my mods, & I suspect they will last me a very long time.

Now I'll admit, the first few I made did not look so good, but with me being almost a perfectionist, I kept trying and looking at them to determine what I was doing wrong, & I can honestly say I was able to figure it out, and I'm really quite proud of my hand made coils! I'll post some pics a little later today (Monday) it's 3:00 a.m. & I'm wiped out...lol I just had to get it out that I was successful at making my coils, and it was because of the encouragement and guidance I have recieved from The Underground!

Hoping everyone has a great week...:)

Daniel
I did the same and now I'm hooked on making all kinds of coils, also trying to invent new ones. Have Fun with it sir.
 

CaFF

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Congrats!!! :D

Yeah, I like the 1.0 - 1.3 ohm range myself. Just a nice compromise.
30 gauge is a good one for those IMO, it's low enough to get some nice number wraps in there, but not near as stiff or large a gauge.

If you have a lot of 33 or 32 gauge and want lower ohms or more wraps, try making some twisted wire with it. It is easy and really works well. for lower ohms. Don't need to buy pre-made just to try it.



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  1. take a lengh of wire, fold in half
  2. pinch the end together tightly with vise-grips
  3. hang the loop end of the wire over a screwdriver and hold it up and away from feet and hard floors....when/if it breaks, you don't want it denting floors or smashing toes if the pliers drop. .
  4. spin the pliers.

That's it. :)
 
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CaFF

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had no idea you can twist wire without a drill.. thank @CaFF will try this with some 30 gauge

Yeah, it's simple for making smaller lengths. I just make up what I need for a couple of builds..

I did it because I have a lot of old 33 gauge from when I'd bought my Buzz Pro and was making 2-3 ohm Genny builds. Can't very well use 33 gauge for mechs otherwise unless you're into serious dual/triple/quad builds. I like simple. ;)

It's not quite as tight as the drill stuff, but it seems to work very nicely. Stuff is tough too. :)

Remember, you're basically making a dual-coil along the entire wire...so it will have less resistance then the original gauge.

You can calculate it using the multiple strand option on here: http://www.steam-engine.org/coil.asp?p=roundmulti&str=2
 
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grobbins

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I started out wrapping my first coils to rebuild my mini vivi nova heads with 32awg 2 years ago lol. Now i mainly use 28 but also have 26, 24, and 20 just for shits and giggles :D Also have some 26ga Omega tiger wire coming in to give a try, looking forward to that one.
 

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