How To Test ECIG Vape Coil Checking Ohms

If you are unsure of what ohms a coil reads before putting into your tank, it could cause problems with it firing up and safety levels. Its important to test a ecig vape coil when building your own before use, this can be done using a cheap good old ebay multimeter. The ohm of your coil can not be exactly determined by the amount of wraps you have done, that’s why we always advise for it to be checked it only takes a few seconds. They also make specific 510 ohms meters, were you screw the coil in the base and test it on the device. But if you don’t have one of these not an issue at all, you can test using a normal multimeter which most people have at home in their tool box. The coil has to be screwed into the tank, to provide real life based figures as the ohm reading can change when out of the tank.

1) Turn on your digital multimeter and turn the adjustable button to ohms.

2) Place the red probe in the centre of the 510 pin on the bottom of the tank. 

3) Place the other remaining black probe on the outer of the 510 pin.

4) Instantly you will get a read out on the screen. For example, 0.15, 0.18, 0,05 ohms. 

 

If you are happy with the ohm reading, then you can attach the tank onto the vape mod and begin to use. If you have not got the coil build to the ohms you require, then rebuild or adjust the amounts of wraps to get the perfect ohms. 

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