Help with RBA+Vamo and resistance.

[pdib]

So i followed your pictures and instructions step by step, and funnily enough i got the same ohm as you I didn't get as nice glowing coil as you though, i got some hot spots at the top but I'm working on adjusting them.

And about the top nut connection, i did know beforehand that it needed to be tight so I've checked that. Though i read somewhere today that the wick shouldn't touch the bottom of the tank. Could that be it?

Anyway, thanks so much for the help! It really made things easier, it was driving me nuts yesterday.
Btw, did you try to vape with that setup and if so what did you think of the taste compared to let say a 4/5 wrap with 30/32g?

Sounds like it got you making steam while you wait for 30g. I'm glad it worked! The mesh can touch the bottom of the tank (after all, it's already touching the wick hole). How is mine vaping? You know, I just set that up to show you ways of using overly long wire. I had no intention of vaping it. Then someone challenged me to put a wick and some juice in it (they thought it wouldn't glow so evenly???) When all was said and done, I realized that I had just built the best dripping atomizer I've ever tried. Just a tiny little cotton wick, suspended over the wickhole, and hung right in front of the air intake. Those tight coils pop the flavor, and the tank serves as a waste repository. Only the purest juice gets vaped. 3 drops, 5 toots, KILLER flavor; then its on to the next flavor with a seamless transition. I'm calling it my Frankenstein dripper. Its a keeper! So thank YOU, Rummel!



Edit: by the way, more to the point of your question, tight coils, contacting each other create more heat. They also tend to enhance flavor quite a bit. (thx s_x_d)

 

[Rummel]

Haha awesome! I'm glad you got something out of your time spent as well Gotta try your discovery sometime

 

[Pur3Rush]

So much ground to cover.

1. So I thought the coils were not supposed to touch.
2. How do you tighten the wire coils once you wrap them around the drillbit. I know take out the drill bit and put the wick in. But how do you uniformly tighten
3. I have a vamo, and it won't work consistently well unless the ohm is above 1.5
4. I have an ac9 clone or RSST, is this correct that after I roll the wick, there will be a hole in the middle. Small though, smaller than a paperclip, but it's not solid. Is that how it's supposed to be?

I can't tell you how much wire and mesh I've wasted in the 3 hours since I've had this thing. Someone please help me out!!

 

[pdib]

I'm off to bed, but real quick: Coils can touch. When they all touch, it generates more heat and kicks (gets hot) faster; but touching is fine. Wire gauges 30, 28, 26 will hold their shape when you wrap on a bit. Wrap tight (with tension) and adjust on the bit. With one finger on the coils (still on the bit), pull the ends firmly (one at a time) to really snug them in. With 32 gauge and higher. You will need to pull your initial coil wrap off the bit and heat it with a torch/lighter. This will let the metal relax into its new shape. Then put it back on the bit, adjust and tighten. Now everything is staying the shape you want. At this point, you should be able to slide, or gently corkscrew you wick in. (Which you torched once before rolling) Your wick, once in should be able to just slide inside the coil. NOW take wick with coil on it, and put the whole assembly into your atomizer. Hole like you described (in wick) is fine, that's the most popular method. Once wick is in, dry fire your vamo in pulses and adjust tension of individual coils by picking at the places where glowing stops. Dry firing is done when coil glows evenly; now add juice. Backing up, when attaching coil to positive post, do not add tension (don't pull wire tighter to coil than it already is). Try passing wire through post nuts "counter clockwise", so that when you tighten the nut, it doesn't pull the wire tighter as it turns. Good luck, Bye.

editted: read again?

 

[Pur3Rush]

thanks. you just saved me tons of time making my coils. Much appreciated.

 

[Pur3Rush]

So, I was pulsing the coil, and then it caught on fire. That's a bad thing right? No seriously.

 

[Rummel]

So, I was pulsing the coil, and then it caught on fire. That's a bad thing right? No seriously.

Well could just be that some juice got ignited. As long as the wire didn't pop i don't think it's a problem. Though from what i gather the point is to have short bursts, and eventually go over to pulses when you see it's glowing more evenly. It's not always a quick process and you have to expect to do this for like 5 minutes, so patience is a keyword.

Though complete noob here, just saying what I've picked up from tutorials and some trial and errors the last few days.

 

[Satava]

That happened to me the first time I remade a coil, it kinda scared the crap out of me too lol. It's just tiny bits of juice catching on fire if the wick isn't dry. Just blow it out and continue business as usual.