Temp control, how often do you rebuild?

[Tubbyengineer]

Mr Engineer sir, you da man!
Been meaning to drop you a message to say thanks for the video.
Watched it twice then recoiled my mutation x v4 last night and it vapes, in my opinion, better than with Kanthal.
I have managed some really good nickle builds but sometime took a few build to get there. I think with your method of heating the coil so it stretches and pulling it tight again you can't go wrong.
Also your tips on wicking really helped. Used to get the occasional cold weak vape but have managed to properly wick my lemo 2 and kayfun monster now.
Thank you sir!

Woo Hoo...

Glad it helped...

 

[Purplefowler]

There's your Problem... Use cotton not sick!...View attachment 56426,

If it's not thickness try to make sure the wick doesnt make any sharp turns or get pulled tight at corners...

Poxy spellchecker, I'd already overridden that one once!
re watching your video, you do use less cotton than me. Mine slides in and out easily (ooh matron!) but yours is definitely more fluffed than mine. I'll keep you posted

 

[Vaped Crusader]

Tubbyengineer is a legend……He's tried to help me and been very patient about it but no matter what I try, I just can't get it to work for more than a few tokes. I'm still trying though and i'm sure i'll get there in the end but in this heat my patience isn't very good. I'd rather be sitting outside with a cool drink and a vape than sweating my tits off in the office trying to build a coil and suffering frustration

But the video has inspired me to have another crack this morning!

 

[dogsdanglies]

out of interest what % vg Shade are you using 70% or 50% .. thanks

 

[Tubbyengineer]

out of interest what % vg Shade are you using 70% or 50% .. thanks

It's the 50/50, I doubt the 70%VG would be good in the Heron, the wick hole is pretty small. It would most likely work in the Taifun GT2 though since that has adjustable juice flow, I use the same coil with the Variant C wicking method.

 

[Mawsley]

It's the 50/50, I doubt the 70%VG would be good in the Heron, the wick hole is pretty small. It would most likely work in the Taifun GT2 though since that has adjustable juice flow, I use the same coil with the Variant C wicking method.

There's an interesting video doing the rounds on social media regarding nickel wire. You seen it?

Popped up this morning on a FB account from Big Tom's group.

 

[Tubbyengineer]

There's an interesting video doing the rounds on social media regarding nickel wire. You seen it?

Popped up this morning on a FB account from Big Tom's group.

No, can you link it please?...

 

[Tubbyengineer]

There's an interesting video doing the rounds on social media regarding nickel wire. You seen it?

Popped up this morning on a FB account from Big Tom's group.

I've had a look and His main reasoning seems to be that Nickel isn't used in the food industry, and that he's read about Nickel Carbonyl...

So Just to piss on said persons bonfire after less than 5 minutes of googling I found this website: Nickel Metal - The Facts

Admittedly it's from a Nickel Manufacturers standpoint but the basic facts hold true.

Name:	NICKEL
Chemical Symbol:	Ni
Atomic Number:	28
Atomic Weight:	58.71
Melting Point:	1453 ºC
Boiling Point:	2730 ºC
Density:	8.90 g/cm3 at 25 ºC
Curie Temperature:	253 ºC

It can also be found on many commercial sites that Pure Nickel is used in making Filter screens and various other components for the food industry
such as moulds and things requiring corrosion resistance.

As for Nickel Carbonyl - I'll quote Wikipedia -
Ni(CO)₄ was first synthesised in 1890 by Ludwig Mond by the direct reaction of nickel metal with CO.^[5] This pioneering work foreshadowed the existence of many other metal carbonyl compounds, including those of V, Cr, Mn, Fe, and Co. It was also applied industrially to the purification of nickel by the end of the 19th century.^[6]
At 323 K (50 °C (122 °F)), carbon monoxide is passed over impure nickel. The optimal rate occurs at 130 °C.

On moderate heating, Ni(CO)₄ decomposes to carbon monoxide and nickel metal. Combined with the easy formation from CO and even impure nickel, this decomposition is the basis for the Mond process for the purification of nickel. Thermal decomposition commences near 180 °C and increases at higher temperature.


So, Nickel Carbonyl is formed at 50 celsius by passing Carbon monoxide over nickel, and breaks back down into Nickel and Carbon Dioxide at 180°C

So basically unless You are vaping at low temperatures in a car exhaust you're pretty safe from Nickel Carbonyl, Maybe the Good Dr Farsalinos will include it in His next tests but until then I'm not worried at all...