Good little piece on wrapping titanium:
http://blog.craftvapery.com/joshs-definitive-guide-to-temperature-control-with-titanium-wire/
http://blog.craftvapery.com/joshs-definitive-guide-to-temperature-control-with-titanium-wire/
I am saddened with mine today. I have been using the Billows V2 on top of my sig 75 now without issue. Resistance is right at .20. Tried it yesterday on the D2 in TI mode and it was not to my liking. I wont bash the mod just that I seem to like TI in NI200 mode better. The TI mode was either too hot or too cold and lacked depth. I probably needed to fine tune it more but after I got a really hot hit, I took it off and let it rest for the night so it would be ready to go back on my sig 75 this am after cooling all night. Well crap this morning, it was reading .45 as I think one of the legs broke loose (makes sense on why the resistance is doubled vs its normal dual coil readings. Being in a hurry this am, I had to leave it home and not bring it with me to work today. So I grab my silo beast with the NI200 coil in it run out the door. Half way to work, flavor is shot. coil is all junked up. ugh fuck me... so now I am limping through the day with the artic that I dont really like, but its better than running to the store for a pack of smokes. I am going to have to make due with this today until I can get home and get my gear back online. Gonna be a tough day I can tell lololol
This is true.... Cant wait to get home and rebuild the billows RTA.. certainly missing vaping on that todayAt least you had an Arctic for a backup!
Best way to avoid hot spots with Ti is to make contact coils and gently pulse them (I do this at 17 watts) until they turn blue. You can treat Ti much the same as kanthal as long as you avoid pulsing so hot they form ti dioxide.Hello everyone, I'm new here! I am getting all kinds of hot spots and hot legs with my new Ti coils made of 26g spider silk. Anyone know how to fix said problem?
Thank you I will definitely give low watt pulsing a try! Will that also work out the hot leg issue?Best way to avoid hot spots with Ti is to make contact coils and gently pulse them (I do this at 17 watts) until they turn blue. You can treat Ti much the same as kanthal as long as you avoid pulsing so hot they form ti dioxide.
Thank you I will definitely give low watt pulsing a try! Will that also work out the hot leg issue?
Ok thank you so much!Be sure to retighten the screws - they can back out once Ti heats! And squeeze with tweezers while the coils are hot to work out hot spots (not while applying power obviously!).
Or burst into flames like burning magnesium.Best way to avoid hot spots with Ti is to make contact coils and gently pulse them (I do this at 17 watts) until they turn blue. You can treat Ti much the same as kanthal as long as you avoid pulsing so hot they form ti dioxide.
So I managed to get a good titanium build. 7 wraps 2mm ID non-spaced. Pulsed them at 15w and tightened them (it was very easy). I'm using the .4mm from Sweet Spot Vapors. Here's a bad quality pic of the build in my Sapor! Doesn't look like much but it is a delightful vape.
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Been waiting years to share this. Magnesium was made into special wheels for race cars till they found it explodes from high heat. "Mag Wheels". Nurse sleeping pill says it's night night time. Have 80 pounds of Ribs, Brisket, & Yard Pimp to cook starting around 4 a.m. LaterOr burst into flames like burning magnesium.
Finally got to try my triple twisted 26 guage parallel on the Twisted Messes RDA. It wouldnt fit in the CLT V3. These coils are BIG.
2.5 inner diameter, 10 wraps came out to be sub ohm @.07
Running 60 watts at 400 degrees with nice flavor and big clouds.
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Nickel wire is what temp control is made for, but 30-32 ga nickel is about as strong as a wet noodle. I imagine the guys at Evolv reading forums laughing their asses off saying something to the effect of "lookit these assclowns actually trying to wrap coils with 32ga nickel wire HAHAHAHAH"
Ti wire will work with temp control, but the temp offset is about 100deg. I've got .5mm ti wire, about the equivalent of 24ga, I'm still on my first build, trying to get spacing proper n such, but it seems to work just as good as ni200 without the flimsiness.
I think, I will give this one a try. Looks like a nice build nice and clean.Finally got to try my triple twisted 26 guage parallel on the Twisted Messes RDA. It wouldnt fit in the CLT V3. These coils are BIG.
2.5 inner diameter, 10 wraps came out to be sub ohm @.07
Running 60 watts at 400 degrees with nice flavor and big clouds.
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My current set up is as follows. 26 gauge Ti, dual coil, @ 0.23 ohms, on a VTC mini bet 30-40W in TC Ti mode. I initially vaped at that for several days and found that I was getting no where close to the vapor quality and production I was looking for. I mentioned this to my buddy who's got more vape experience than I do. He recommended I switch to TC Ni mode instead of Ti and that he's been vaping that way ever since, on his IPV D2. So I tried it and wow, its working exactly the way I was expecting it to.Tried it yesterday on the D2 in TI mode and it was not to my liking. I wont bash the mod just that I seem to like TI in NI200 mode better. The TI mode was either too hot or too cold and lacked depth.
How do straighten your Ti? I've used the drill but don't know if there are other/better ways out there.Im only using titanium right now and I had best results with 28 gauge twisted and normal 25 gauge, I did some claptons too but only one worked well I think it was 30 around 25. The 28 and 25 gauge coils simply last forever, my flatmate is running 25gauge 8 or 9 wraps dualcoils in his billow v2 for almost two months now without any issues, I have to rip mine out after a week because its boring to only clean and rewick them
For cleaning an old toothbrush and hot water is working nice for me, also a bit of pulsing at low watts here and there.
The only material I like more is SS but its just not working good enough for TC imo.
Another good thing to do with Ti is cleaning the wire before building coils, I heat and straighten them, then clean them with some lighter gas and wipe everything off.
I used a normal gas lighter sometimes but it doesnt work with thin wire, Im only using 0.4mm or thicker right now because its such a pain to work with the thin stuff.How do straighten your Ti? I've used the drill but don't know if there are other/better ways out there.
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