New RDA! Please help :)

[Mr.Motivapr]

Hi guys,

Just received my iGo W dripper today, got from a swap with amos.

Love the look of it, looks great.

Popped the cap off and found 3 posts with holes to thread the wire which has made life easier although I expected the deck to be slightly bigger.

This is my first rebuildable, so I sit down with the deck, my kanthal, my 3mm ekowool, a ph00 phillips screwdriver, a lighter and a set of pliers.

I decided as this is my first ever attempt to make a single coil for simplicity.

So I cut a length of Ekowool and a length of Kanthal.

Used the pliers to hold the kanthal and torched it with a high pressure flame.

Wrapped the kanthal around the wool, made 5 evenly spaced coils.

Threaded into the posts, screwed down and checked the resistance, 2.5 ohms.

So I fired the coil and it gave a nice even red glow, so far so good.

Now came to tucking the wick in, I can honestly say 3mm Ekowool is a nightmare for this its so thick.
After snipping the ends and lots of tucking, I put the cap on.

5 drips of juice, put the drip tip on and took a toke and worked pretty well, so proud of myself thus far.

The draw is pretty tight but I think this is a common issue with the iGo W as the air holes are so small.

Will drill them out later to 1.2mm and see what difference it makes.

A few questions to all you rebuildable gurus:

· What thickness of Ekowool would you recommend? 3mm just seemed too thick but I guess it worked!
· The Kanthal I used was AWG 32, 0.2mm wire, is this recommended
· How do I get a lower resistance, I would assume less coils?

Anything else I should know about RDAs that I have overlooked?

Thanks guys…

 

[Blossom]

I can't really advise, but just wanted to say well done!

 

[Mr.Motivapr]

Thanks Blossom

 

[clint]

In the igo w I use a doubled pice of 2.5mm silica.

 

[Mr.Motivapr]

In the igo w I use a doubled pice of 2.5mm silica.

Thanks Clint, will order some silica in.

What size are your air holes drilled to?

 

[simonsays]

Try wetting the wool with eliquid before attempting to tuck it into place. It's much easier to bend when it's wet.

Congrats on your first coil!

 

[big benson]

Get your kanthal and do a twisted coil,that will bring the res right down,and why not try cotton wool,its much easier to thread through your coil,just be sure not to do a dry burn with it in the coil,and make sure its nice and slack in the coil.

 

[clint]

I never got on well with ekowool. Oh and you should be able to get a lot more than 5 drops in there. I usually put 15-20 drops in a new build and then 8-10 drops as the flavour diminishes.

 

[clint]

Thanks Clint, will order some silica in.

What size are your air holes drilled to?

Only 1 air hole on mine, 1.2mm I think. It's just right for me tho. I don't particularly like an airy draw.

 

[Mr.Motivapr]

Thanks for all the tips guys!
big benson can you confirm the difference between a standard coil and a twisted coil.

When you say a cotton wick, you mean like a cotton wool ball type of cotton?

I have only seen sites selling mesh, silica and ekowool.

Thanks guys!