1st Coil Rebuild For Protank 2

[Gareth]

So I got my kanthal wire today and rebuilt a protank 2 coil.

1st test was 1.9ohms when I put it all together it came to 0.9 ohms, but I noticed a buzzing (high pitch tone) coming from the battery when I fired it. It worked but I dont like the noise. I used 26g kanthal

 

[johan]

So I got my kanthal wire today and rebuilt a protank 2 coil.

1st test was 1.9ohms when I put it all together it came to 0.9 ohms, but I noticed a buzzing (high pitch tone) coming from the battery when I fired it. It worked but I dont like the noise. I used 26g kanthal

If it was 1.9 Ω and dropped to 0.9Ω, then the coil short somewhere inside the cup and may damage your battery - double check coil for shorts against the cup.

 

[PeterHarris]

im confused... how did it drop from 1.9 to 0.9

is all the connections secure?

 

[Necris]

@gareth,i would have to agree with @johan in that you have the coil touching the cup

 

[Gareth]

No short on that one my 1st test was fail. I made new coil and it also tested 0.9ohms. But in doing so i broke the plastic thingy. So going to try again with 30g wire. 26g seems too thick for this. Anyways i cant just order kanthal shipping would be more lol. I have a pending order from vm they carry nichrome 0.12 & 0.16mm which one is equal to 30g kanthal. Maybe i can get some before my parcel has been dispatched.

 

[Andre]

No short on that one my 1st test was fail. I made new coil and it also tested 0.9ohms. But in doing so i broke the plastic thingy. So going to try again with 30g wire. 26g seems too thick for this. Anyways i cant just order kanthal shipping would be more lol. I have a pending order from vm they carry nichrome 0.12 & 0.16mm which one is equal to 30g kanthal. Maybe i can get some before my parcel has been dispatched.

0.16 is 34g, which is very thin. And 0.12 is even thinner.

 

[Gareth]

where can i get 30g kanthal wire from?

 

[MarkK]

Cape Town, Durban, or Johannesburg?

 

[Gareth]

doesnt matter, will have to be via courier anyways

 

[Gareth]

anyone ?

 

[Silver]

Hi Gareth

When I used to build my mpT2 coils, i used 28g Kanthal and it worked like a charm
Give that a try
9 or 10 wraps around 1.5mm gave me about 1.6 to 1.8 ohms, which worked very well on most batteries

Last I checked, VapeMob in CT had Kanthal wire in all sizes. Vapeking and SkyBlueVaping also stock it. They are in JHB

Perhaps check with one of them

 

[Gareth]

Thanks silver