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Zeal, Ω, and Epitome
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Yep, both ways will shorten the life of the coil, one of mine now says EEEE every other time it gets turned on, could just be a coincidence but I am now just getting a coil for each head and only stretching them once to be sure.
SS was delivered yesterday. Solid and well machined for certain.
Figured i would fill it holding it over a bowl in case i dropped some rubies. Grabbed a clean SS mixing bowl from the cupboard and started filling. Dropped the package, hit the side of the bowl an…rubies went everywhere other than the bowl….fml. Put the ss downto start picking up the rubies, rolled off the table and it hit the floor.
It was an abbott and costello skit in my kitchen last night
Delivery today hopefully of the rest and with any luck be enjoying the holiday proper tonight.
Cheers everyone and happy 4/20!
Figured i would fill it holding it over a bowl in case i dropped some rubies. Grabbed a clean SS mixing bowl from the cupboard and started filling. Dropped the package, hit the side of the bowl an…rubies went everywhere other than the bowl….fml. Put the ss downto start picking up the rubies, rolled off the table and it hit the floor.
It was an abbott and costello skit in my kitchen last night
Delivery today hopefully of the rest and with any luck be enjoying the holiday proper tonight.
Cheers everyone and happy 4/20!
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onesixty2
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What PID are you using? This seems unusual to me, and unrelated to stretching. I at least have mangled the heck out of my first DC 16mm coil testing it out for another head, and it still heats up without any error prompting on my Auber 300b.. an error code would lead me to think a wiring problem moreso..
EarthworldTim
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I've heard of this happening at least a few times which always made me uneasy with stretching my coil even a little bit for a standard 20mm baller head. That being said the stretch for the zirc zeal went well yesterday and it didn't give me any error messages or anything.
Does it stand to reason that when a coil is stretched significantly to where there's a gap between all of it that the coil needs a more rigorous warm up and more active heating time to maintain temp and therefore potentially reducing the life span?
During burn off yesterday it got super red hot which I hadn't seen to that extent previously when it wasn't stretched significantly. On the other hand the coil will be able to run at lower temps from here on with the zeal so that's nice.
Forgot to include my screen with the head but I'll let it slide since I have a vapor bros ceramic screen I'll use when my zirconia balls get here. 
That's it not reading the thermocouple if it reads that, it's possible the solder joint was affected from you stretching the coil over and over but I think it's highly unlikely that's what actually caused it fwiw, so breath easy it wasn't anything you did
Afaik know coils that were damaged were from them being straightened out and then rewrapped I thought?
As far as the coil glowing red t in the middle that's perfectly normal as they heat from the middle out
The error shows with my Menovo, never did it until after I fitted it to a baller, does not error on my Auber 200
Correct, I had a flat DNail start doing it after a few hard years of use, the 20mm barrel was not very old when I stretched it and started faulting.
It is also just easier to have a dedicated coil for each baller and will see them rotated more if I don't have to swap coils constantly.
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I LOVE THIS! At 575F the Hit was smooth as a baby’s ass and my WP isnt even super great…which i will be rectifying hopefully shortly. Use was easy as hell. I did try to so a “stir and rehit”, but it was terrible as it was already extracted. Am gonna try to go a bit lower temp tonight after work.
All-in-all easy setup, easy use, great flavor and extraction on that first hit. I need to play a bit more to dial it in, but i am digging it for sure.
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Agreed that is definitely easier to have a coil for each one, this way you only mess with the coil 1 time
Got coil and pid on the way and will be offering kits very soon. Just working on stand, it is the only piece left. So far kit includes.
Zeal
Controller
Coil
Bowl
Ruby
Zeal
Controller
Coil
Bowl
Ruby
Surely you aren't gonna slash prices on coils and controllers too like you did the heads and rubies? Say it ain't so? People all over will have to lower pricing on all their overpriced shit now? Pot toy pricing realignment this year? Good for us consumers.
We’re shooting for $120 but it’s leaning towards $130 by time fees and little cost are calculated into it.
Xlr Coil is going to be 22mm height so very minimal stretching would be needed.
Have any pics of the bowl and will it be available as a stand alone item?
Loving both Zeals!
The bowl for the kit will just be glass I am working on a metal bowl but will take a bit of time as I go through the goal list.
onesixty2
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First time stretching a coil like this, definitely learned a few things, but it wasn't as bad as I was thinking it was going to be. Probably not the perfect stretch, but i'm decently happy with the results for a first try 
it perfectly snugged up against the top and bottom, without needing to mess with it so I called it good and didn't do any fine touches.
big props to Ed for this stunning handle.
This thing HITS hard and big. Maiden voyage using a 22mm diffuser & zeal.. and wow, the Zeal delivers a punch!
e: 525f on Auber 300b, SS Zeal =
one giant hit through the Protégé.. very stoned customer.
it perfectly snugged up against the top and bottom, without needing to mess with it so I called it good and didn't do any fine touches.This thing HITS hard and big. Maiden voyage using a 22mm diffuser & zeal.. and wow, the Zeal delivers a punch!
e: 525f on Auber 300b, SS Zeal =
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This will be fantastic to have a stateside baller setup for the price you're trying to come in at
coolbreeze
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This thing's ridonkulous. Huge hits with surprisingly good flavor @ 475 with a DC PID. Even my B0 even can't hit like this. It's more powerful than I typically need, but trust me, the Zeal's for real!
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coolbreeze
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Oops!I just combusted @ 480f on the dial.
First few seconds were pure bliss seeing that instant white out, then it turned yellow
These things get any more powerful and they'll need fire suppression systems.