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wicking ni200 spaced coils

Discussion in 'Temperature Control board Talk' started by Longtail1, May 25, 2015.

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  1. Longtail1
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    So being new to spaced coils and particularly temp control vaping, can I get any tips ref. Wicking a spaced coil without ruining the spacing?

    Only thing I can think of is twisting the cotton thin and then untwisting once through the coil. Making the coil is no problem...nor is completely stuffing it up with the wick and ten spending ages re spacing the damned thing. Lol
     
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    @Scratchy mentioned a double entry method.
    Personally I wick the exact same way albeit slightly more delicately.
     
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    Ahem, it's double insertion Senor Rick. Either way it's sounds pretty porn-like.

    For reference a pic below. I found it works pretty well, especially with thinner-gauged Ni-200 but have also done it in the standard way but that sometimes requires an additional step fixing the bunching up and distortion of coil wraps. I do that with a very small flat head screwdriver.

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    Tight twisting and then untwisting works great too, I have been using this method for a few months now for both Kanthal and NI200. I find the biggest cause of hot spots or burn taste is unwicked space in a coil. Tight packing makes that impossible. I don't fluff out the wicks ether and I have no wicking problems.
     
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    It's worth noting that the YiHi chips (350J at least) have a lower recommended /minimum resistance. Whilst it probably won't vape noticeably better you can use thicker wire. I use 29ga on mine but I'd prefer some 26/27 to get more surface area at 0.065r
     
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    I have 28 but only uding it on a lemo 2 atm so long logs and low wraps. Very hard to get to 0.65. I have to get hold of a
    Dual coil tank that's worth it and some 26g. Preferably from the same place. Lol

    Best I managed was a 2mm id. .08 so far. 10mm legs made it a 5 wrap coil. I'll play with an Rda later on.
     
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    That's definitely an advantage of the Yihi chips. Less wraps or you can go with thicker Ni200. Lowest I have gotten to fire consistently on DNA40 was .08 but that discovery was an accident by way of me miscalculating wraps. I am always at or very near the published minimum of .10
     
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    Got a Mini in vapemail today. My only question will be if 50J is enough to fully heat a dual 26g even at minimum ohms. 30J is enough for the .08 28g so hopefully all will be good. But as per OP nee to temp control and Ni200. So we shall see. Lol
     
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    Been using 29ga at 0.12 - 20J/330f and had been vaping great on the Lemo Drop. Had a few issues where it's been left for a while and registers as no juice, I found it need to be shut down and rebooted to set correct resistance after. Hopefully the update will cure that.

    I did try some twisted 29ga, came out at 0.09 and at 30J you can certainly notice the difference in ramp up time.
     
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    If not then the below could be your answer


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    But probably not ;)

    The SnowWolf could be an option, though it's by no means mini
     
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    can someone please tell me where to get some NI200 wire in different gauges, other than importing it,, i need some so i can start this trend, also as a normal sub ohmer, what do you recommend to get so the vape is nearlly the same,,, confused
     
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    Thanks for describing, Mack! I just tried this method and it worked well with only the smallest of adjustments to one coil wrap afterwards. Seems to be wicking nicely together with my standard but conservative wick-thinning method. 29 ga Ni200, 3mm id, 7 wraps @ 0.12 on KF V4.
     
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    Not sure other than importing. Big or Micky got a metre or two to be getting on with? I guess for the Invader you'd want 30ga+
     
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    What options are there Rick. And why 30 gauge


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