How to know if you have a short or not?

[vapemac]

Ah right yeah thought so :0 Was worried it was some odd vaping term for something different! Coil reader came and im thankful for the results. Let me know what you think. Put the rda on capless and its reading at 0.55-0.57 Ohms and my target resistance was 0.5 ohms so nothing to out of range there. Put the cap on and still reading at 0.55. Is it safe or do you think i should do some further testing?

Ideally you would want to pop the rda on the coil master before you'd put the coil on it to make sure that it's not reading a resistance but since you've already installed a coil and it seems to be reading within the range of the coil then I'd say you'd be good to go. However my knowledge is in using regulated devices so @nwhornet @Chris K one of those lads will be able to tell you for definate

 

[Vape lord]

Ideally you would want to pop the rda on the coil master before you'd put the coil on it to make sure that it's not reading a resistance but since you've already installed a coil and it seems to be reading within the range of the coil then I'd say you'd be good to go. However my knowledge is in using regulated devices so @nwhornet @Chris K one of those lads will be able to tell you for definate

Ok thanks mate. I have asked nw hornet and will ask chris too. Won't use until i've got an answer of one of them. Thanks for your help and sorry for being a bit of a ignorant nob jockey before. i was just probably upset that i was gonna have to out my mod away until my coil reader arrived !

 

[speedfreek67]

If you have bedded in the coil so that there are no hotspots, and it glows evenly from the centre outwards when you dry fire it before wicking, and you have checked the clamping screws are still tight after bedding it in, and the resistance doesn't change when you put the cap on it, then I would say you are good to go mate!

 

[Vape lord]

If you have bedded in the coil so that there are no hotspots, and it glows evenly from the centre outwards when you dry fire it before wicking, and you have checked the clamping screws are still tight after bedding it in, and the resistance doesn't change when you put the cap on it, then I would say you are good to go mate!

By hotspots what do u mean? Ive checked the legs of the coil and no issues there Also found that little movements can change the ohm. I dont mean just touching the coil master. I mean slightly unscrewing it. I assume these are like weighing scales lol.

 

[Mitz]

 

[Vape lord]

What lol

 

[nwhornet]

Hotspots are parts of the coil glowing hotter than the uniform colour when pulsing, hence why you strum the coil to even things out. A hotspot on the legs could be indicative of a potential short so time to check everything. This is why you do all the checks on a reader as you wouldn't see it if you just plonked the RDA on your mod & fired away.
Weighing scales isn't a good analogy but I get where you're coming from.

 

[nwhornet]

Ideally you would want to pop the rda on the coil master before you'd put the coil on it to make sure that it's not reading a resistance but since you've already installed a coil and it seems to be reading within the range of the coil then I'd say you'd be good to go. However my knowledge is in using regulated devices so @nwhornet @Chris K one of those lads will be able to tell you for definate

Woah there don't be thinking I actually know what I'm doing

 

[Vape lord]

Hotspots are parts of the coil glowing hotter than the uniform colour when pulsing, hence why you strum the coil to even things out. A hotspot on the legs could be indicative of a potential short so time to check everything. This is why you do all the checks on a reader as you wouldn't see it if you just plonked the RDA on your mod & fired away.
Weighing scales isn't a good analogy but I get where you're coming from.

ahah yeah. I guess if its not fully tightened then it would be expected to have some ohm increase. Fully tightned it is is the 0.5 range consistently without much change at all. Legs seem fine, no heat on them from what i can see. If i ever do see this ill throw that coil away and start building on the deck again with a new one.

 

[Mitz]

What lol

Hotspots are when your coils have not been bedded in properly and they glow unevenly with certain areas of the coil glowing brighter than others. Once your coils are installed you need to make sure they glow evenly with no bright spots and that they glow from the middle wraps outwards when you fire them. This is either achieved by strumming / stroking the coils with ceramic tweezers, pinching the coils, or a combo of both. Or by making your coils spaced to begin with you can pretty much eradicate hotspots but spacing them still does not remove the need to make sure they glow evenly. And even spaced coils can have some hot spots when using complex multi-wire coils.

TBH tho mate. You really shouldn't be using a mech. Not being a dick. Being honest. But hey-ho. Life could be a dream, sh-boom sh-boom!