I just bought my first e-cig(KangerTech subox mini 50w) and was not satisfied with the occ coil performance and a friend said for me to use the rba that came with it. I have tried many times over and it is not working. I have made sure nothing is touching metal, put stickers under on top of the mod, and taken apart and cleaned the entire unit(including the mod and the thing that has the breather holes in it) just like they said on YouTube and in forums. Nothing has worked. I get a .5 ohm reading with my meter but when I put it on it reads 0.0 ohms. I am using 26gauge wire with six wraps on a single coil. I had one forum tell me I had a loose connection but the funny thing about it is my unit reads it at .5 ohms sometimes when the screws are loose!!!(found this out on accident while making sure the screws were tight) I can only assume my rba coil is faulty or I am a total moron!!! Please help, thank you.
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Please help with rba coil
- Thread starter Shantrim7680
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sounds like a bad mod 510 connection.....
What are you using for a meter?
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What are you using for a meter?
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Take a tooth pick or other soft pointed tool, then on the top of the mod look down into the tank/atomizer connection threading of the mod (batter/power device), you will see a pin in that connection, gently with the tooth pick or whatever tool, work around that pin and try prying it up a bit, there should be a seal at the bottom as well, get the pin above that seal to where it is not wedged. Then reconnect your tank to the mod, it should read the coil as present. See this alot on my own Subtanks/Toptanks that come with the Subox mini kits, the threading on the tank is a bit longer than most other tanks and can force that pin down to far it is wedged down by the unsulator seal at the bottom of the connection. If that doesn't work then it is in the tank base where the coils mount into, have to recheck the RBA is seated properly.
All I have right now is an ohm meter from work that I use in the maintenance shop.
I have done that and seems not to help.
I gave up trying the RBA. I had a 1.5 ohm OCC coil that was burnt so I watched YouTube and try to rebuild it with the 26 gauge wire I had it did not work same issue so I took the wire out of the OCC coil and used it on my RBA it looks like about 28 or 30 gauge wire I used five raps and got one ohm resistance and works great. Did I get bad wire or what?
If it reads 0 ohm.. your coil is touching the top cap of the RBA. Push it down a little.
For my toptank mini I use 28ga or higher wire. My current build is a 3x parallel build, 7 wraps on 2.5mm id core. Pretty big for that little space, but it fits if you are careful.. I recommend the 2.25mm id core (little blue screwdriver spindle) to start out.
For a bit more flavor, try 2 strands of swisted 30 or 32 ga stainless steel It is still pretty easy to work with.
Above all, don't get discouraged. At least you didn't have to get your wife to come with clippers to cut you loose of the coil you were trying to wrap. LOL
You might like some of my videos.. go to youtube and search for gbalkam kanger. That should get you the vids you want. By the way.. my videos are not professional. Not edited. In fact, most people think.." oh my god.. if this fool can build coils... I would be amazing at it! "