Montijo505
i love your posts and i am 'bumping it up',, i think it should be a cheat sheet that all newbies (dry wicks like myself) should read and understand early on,, like in first few days and immediately if they decide to touch an atty. i reformatted your words,, its a thing i do to force myself to absorb the words exactly as intended. (if that makes sense)-- i wish i had read this months ago,, i know this stuff now,, but it was via 'bits and pieces' form of education.--thanks
montijo505
Bronze Contributor
Get an ohm reader if you like the current shape and form of your face. It's also not a bad idea if you have a B&M nearby that will sell kanthal by the foot so you can try different builds out.
28 gauge is usually a hot vape on low ohm builds because it has more resistance. My preferred is 24 gauge macro coils, about a 3 or 3.4 mm screwdriver to wrap around.
When you build low, you need a lot of wick to keep your coils wet or you will start getting dry hits pretty fast and your cotton will get scorched and taste nasty.
Make sure the batteries you are using are authentic and at least 20A. With a 20A battery you can safely vape at around .25. If you wanna vape lower than that make SURE you get authentic Sony VTC4's as they are the only Battery still available rated at 30A.
Do some reading on ohms law, it's a bit confusing but get the basic formulas down to memory at least, that way you know how many watts you're getting with you're current build.
The most basic formula to make sure you're vaping safely for your battery is Voltage(4.2 on most freshly charged batteries) divided by Resistance(ohms) = Amps. V/R=A.
For example I have a mech with a VTC4. I have a 24G dual coil 5 wrap around a 3.0mm screwdriver. Ohm reader says .27ohms. So 4.2/.27=15.55A I'm very well within that batteries limit.
If I want to know how many watts it's vaping at just multiply your Amps times your volts and you get your answer. AxV=W so my current build(.27) is vaping at 65.3Watts.
It gets really easy once you figure out ohms law, to guess at a coils resistance I just use steam engine
Play with a few different things. I've come
to enjoy custard type juices at lower builds, about .18-.25 it gives a more dense hot flavorful vape.
Frutier type juices are better to me at higher builds between .5-.8 they give a more crisp distinct vape. Of course taste is subjective and everybody has different preferences.