Best coils for use on mech with mechs with minimum ramp up?!

[Lewisvapes]

Morning all,

I’ve been using mechs for a while now but haven’t got into wrapping my own coils yet as I’ve been working my way through a pack of pre made ones I’ve had. Now I’m coming to the end of the good ones I was wondering if anyone knew where I could pick up a pack of pre mades that have minimum ramp up.. or what sort of wire I should be looking out for in my search.

Any help or advice appreciated thanks

 

[MrTeaTime]

Get some brochrome from @stealthvape and build
3mm ID, dual parallel build at 0.14ohms and instant ramp

 

[Lewisvapes]

Get some brochrome from @stealthvape and build
3mm ID, dual parallel build at 0.14ohms and instant ramp

Cool thanks man, would building that low take me over my safe battery amp use, I use the 18650 20ah

 

[EmbraSewerRat]

Cool thanks man, would building that low take me over my safe battery amp use, I use the 18650 20ah

If you can't work that out or don't know how to you REALLY should get sussed on that straight away!

What cells are you using and where did you get them from?

 

[speedfreek67]

I second what @EmbraSewerRat said - you shouldn't be using a mech if you don't understand how the resistance of your coils affects the amp draw on your batteries.

You need to know the Constant Discharge Rate of your battery and be confident of that figure (i.e. not just go on what's printed on the wrap, but do some research into whether that figure is accurate).

You need to be able to calculate the amp drain on your battery with a coil of a given resistance.

I wouldn't recommend anyone to use a mech unless they know what they are doing.

I could give you some figures for a given gauge of brochrome, a certain number of wraps, the resistance of that build and the amp draw on a fully charged battery, but you really need to be able to calculate that yourself.

Why not head over to steamengine.org and familiarise yourself with the ohms law and wire wrapping calculators (for brochrome you use the wire type Nichrome - N80) and then come back here with any questions you have?

 

[Lewisvapes]

If you can't work that out or don't know how to you REALLY should get sussed on that straight away!

What cells are you using and where did you get them from?

I can work it out and I have, it takes it up to like 30amps and from what I’ve learned you shouldn’t push a battery past It’s limits... mine being a 18650 20amps. I thought building so low wouldn’t be safe.

 

[Lewisvapes]

I second what @EmbraSewerRat said - you shouldn't be using a mech if you don't understand how the resistance of your coils affects the amp draw on your batteries.

You need to know the Constant Discharge Rate of your battery and be confident of that figure (i.e. not just go on what's printed on the wrap, but do some research into whether that figure is accurate).

You need to be able to calculate the amp drain on your battery with a coil of a given resistance.

I wouldn't recommend anyone to use a mech unless they know what they are doing.

I could give you some figures for a given gauge of brochrome, a certain number of wraps, the resistance of that build and the amp draw on a fully charged battery, but you really need to be able to calculate that yourself.

Why not head over to steamengine.org and familiarise yourself with the ohms law and wire wrapping calculators (for brochrome you use the wire type Nichrome - N80) and then come back here with any questions you have?

I understand the fundementals and the safety side of things, I don’t even use a coil which takes my amps over 20 or even close to that. All I was asking is as I haven’t actually wrapped my own coils before what is the best wire to look out for ( whether that be in pre made coils or not) to minimise ramp up time as what I’m using now there’s about a 2-3 second ramp before it start to fire properly.

 

[tobywonkanobi]

That’s cool, sounds like you’ve been keeping yourself safe then.

If you want to reduce ramp up time you can use either ni80 or SS wire for your coils. If you look at Stealthvape, Rob there has it all. It might even be worth looking at his brochrome too.

The other way to reduce ramp up time is to lower the resistance, but as you already know - you may need different batteries for that.

I use LG HB6 batteries (only 1500mah but a whopping 32amp limit). Other great batteries for lower builds are the Sony vtc5a and the vapcell batteries.

Building your own coils is the way to go, just be sure to check resistance on a regulated device. Use it for dryburning, tighten down the screws holding the coils (again), check resistance again, wick it, juice it, check the resistance again. Then you’re good to go.

Another way to lower ramp up time would be to use a single coil rda/tank. Half the amount of coils = half the amount of wire for the batteries to heat up. [emoji16]

 

[EmbraSewerRat]

I can work it out and I have, it takes it up to like 30amps and from what I’ve learned you shouldn’t push a battery past It’s limits... mine being a 18650 20amps. I thought building so low wouldn’t be safe.

Sound, I can put away the brown trousers then.

If you want to build that low a set of LG hb6s are recommended - they are 30A rated cells. Or, you could use slightly thicker gauge Brochrome and have as much fun without the sense of impending boom.
Brochrome is damned finest kind stuff in a mech, as it is flattened you get more surface area to make the vapourz. And it is dashed easy to make intae coils.
You'll no regret getting a spool from Stealthvape!

 

[Lewisvapes]

That’s cool, sounds like you’ve been keeping yourself safe then.

If you want to reduce ramp up time you can use either ni80 or SS wire for your coils. If you look at Stealthvape, Rob there has it all. It might even be worth looking at his brochrome too.

The other way to reduce ramp up time is to lower the resistance, but as you already know - you may need different batteries for that.

I use LG HB6 batteries (only 1500mah but a whopping 32amp limit). Other great batteries for lower builds are the Sony vtc5a and the vapcell batteries.

Building your own coils is the way to go, just be sure to check resistance on a regulated device. Use it for dryburning, tighten down the screws holding the coils (again), check resistance again, wick it, juice it, check the resistance again. Then you’re good to go.

Another way to lower ramp up time would be to use a single coil rda/tank. Half the amount of coils = half the amount of wire for the batteries to heat up. [emoji16]

Thanks man, that’s a great help. I may take a look into some of those batteries then! & what I’ll do for now is see if I can find some pre made coils that using those metals!!

Thanks again man