I am doing something wrong or just bad luck

[WillyTheMLGPro]

Purchased a drop rda and after I put my coils in, it showed shorted in my Smoant Charon tc. I sent it back for a new one and received the new one today. Put some brand new coils in and shorted again. I put one of the coils in that should read .22 single and .11 with 2 of them. With one it showed .11 in my mod which i purchased brand new after I suspected it was my first mod. I tore the rda apart and washed and cleaned it with warm soapy water and air dried it and then with paper towels and it still shorts. Am I doing something wrong or is this just bad luck?
build deck with coil
https://i.imgur.com/Got8C9v.jpg
build deck no coil
https://i.imgur.com/Iz4rIPy.jpg
510 pin
https://i.imgur.com/GN9Hqp5.jpg

 

[mach1ne]

is there any chance the coil is touching the cap, once its all assembled? did the coils ever read properly (like before, during, or after you set them up/removed hot spots/got them glowing evenly)? did you double check the post screws after you set them up? they can loosen as a result of setup/heating/cooling and cause bad resistance readings/shorts.

 

[WillyTheMLGPro]

Never put the top cap on because once I put the coils in and try to pulse and pinch them, the mod just reads short with 2 of them. With one of them, the coil just burns and breaks. and no the coil never reads correctly with the drop. My mod reads perfect with my subohm tank and Bonza RDA

 

[mach1ne]

so its either the coils or the drop. i have never seen coils burn or break, so im inclined to think they might be the problem. do the same brand of coils work in your bonza? or better yet, do the exact ones that shorted out in the drop work in the bonza? have you ever tried a different brand or type of coil in the drop? do you have any plain round wire to make some quick basic test coils with?

as for the drop, when you stripped and cleaned it, did you take out the positive post/insulator and check to see if it was in one piece/not somehow flawed? from the pics, your install and the drop itself look fine, but most of the insulator is hidden. there could be a manufacturing defect or something causing it to short out...maybe...

aside form that, im out of ideas. hopefully you can get it sorted out, or someone else will have a better idea than me. good luck

 

[The Cromwell]

What wire are you using?
Type and gauge....

And what is that coil tail sticking down on the far side in pic 1?

 

[Mattp169]

looking at your pic the coil looks to be touching the post. raise the coil up off the posts.

 

[WillyTheMLGPro]

These are the coils I'm using https://cloud-revolution.com/collections/premade-wire-coils/products/alien-fused-claptons-5pack

 

[WillyTheMLGPro]

it just started working perfectly...

 

[mach1ne]

lol nice i was mid post when your reply popped up. ill summarize (what was a much longer post) a bit...those look like good, hand made coils so they are a good choice imo. they are aliens though, so they are inherently harder to set up sometimes. when you are pulsing them, stick to 20-30w, and if they are reading .11 as a single, work them out separately (hot spots glow etc). the resistance will increase to the proper/expected level once they are glowing right. once they are both separately glowing right, install them both and they should be good to go, at the proper resistance. if they read .11 cold, the pair will read as about .06, which is too low for most regulated mods to fire.

glad you got it sorted out

 

[WillyTheMLGPro]

Thanks everyone!