Sub Ohm with .28 Kanthal?

[crin766]

So my maraxus arrived yesterday, followed by the organic cotton balls, vtc3's and Kanthal. Now the video tutorial I saw the guy was using 28 guage Kanthal which I now understand is actually .3mm is that correct? I ordered .28mm!

Anyway .28 is what I have so can I use that to achieve a single sub ohm coil? It looks way to thin to set up single wound duel coils but I may be mistaken?

I was thinking of a 2/3 strand twisted coil as in the previous thread where 6x0.2 was twisted although my atempt was a complete fail!

This set up will be on a kraken genny with 3.5 mm coils and a single cotton wick through the coil but the into both wick holes.

[lisburnvapes]

enjay is probably your man for this

[Marcus]

Twisted would work best.

I use 20/22g which I believe is like 0.6/0.8mm when I'm blowing "clouds"

I use 28g twisted for my kayfun and it gives a nice warm vape with decent flavour

[Marcus]

greyhaze.co.uk/collections/ecigs-just-arrived/products/317l-coil-wire-g-platt-type

This will give you some. Seriously low ohm coils! Heats and cools down soo much quicker than regular kanthal

[crin766]

What's the best for every day vaping? Is a sub set going to give enough flavour?

[leo]

The 0.2x6 twist was my thread.. twisting your wire is good for flavour, and reducing ohms, but twisted wire is a fair bit harder to build a coil from (it's a lot more springy, even when torched).
If you want to sub-ohm on a single coil your best bet is probably to get yourself some 0.5mm wire.
You might want to think about smaller coils as 3.5mm diameter is quite big!

[Marcus]

I've only just read it's for a Genesis... Kinda missed that bit

Never had any luck with a Genesis, especially at low ohms...

[crin766]

It is a genisis but im setting it up like a dripper only the wicks will auto feed... Hopefully

I'll order some .5

Thanks guys

[enjay]

Oct 4, 2014 10:39:31 GMT crin766 said:

What's the best for every day vaping? Is a sub set going to give enough flavour?

Set up right a sub set up gives LOADS of flavour, that's another reason why a lot of us do it. You've seen the big clouds people make, well imagine the amount of flavour in that much vapour. Nomanomanomanom

[crin766]

Oct 4, 2014 22:33:43 GMT enjay said:

Oct 4, 2014 10:39:31 GMT crin766 said:

What's the best for every day vaping? Is a sub set going to give enough flavour?

Set up right a sub set up gives LOADS of flavour, that's another reason why a lot of us do it. You've seen the big clouds people make, well imagine the amount of flavour in that much vapour. Nomanomanomanom

Thats what I want to hear! So what kanthal do you recommend and at what resistance?

[enjay]

Oct 4, 2014 23:40:00 GMT crin766 said:

Oct 4, 2014 22:33:43 GMT enjay said:

Set up right a sub set up gives LOADS of flavour, that's another reason why a lot of us do it. You've seen the big clouds people make, well imagine the amount of flavour in that much vapour. Nomanomanomanom

Thats what I want to hear! So what kanthal do you recommend and at what resistance?

I'd probably start with the 24G 0.5mm stuff and get the hang of it first, you can do quite a lot with it. What sort of batteries have you got? And what atty?

[Marcus]

24 or 22g kanthal is best for getting a low resistance, 0.3,0.4 even 0.5ohm

If you want to get low ohms while still being able to wrap long coils to cover more surface area then consider the wire I linked you to or something like royal wires.
Thr stuff I Linked to is the same stuff that G-plat wire is.

Can add more wraps which give you more surface area but lower ohms than regular kanthal

[Marcus]

Oct 4, 2014 23:45:27 GMT enjay said:

Oct 4, 2014 23:40:00 GMT crin766 said:

Thats what I want to hear! So what kanthal do you recommend and at what resistance?

I'd probably start with the 24G 0.5mm stuff and get the hang of it first, you can do quite a lot with it. What sort of batteries have you got? And what atty?

Agreed. 24g is still easy to work with.
When you get to 18 & 20g it's Soooo hard to coil and work with!

[enjay]

Oct 4, 2014 23:48:48 GMT Marcus said:

Oct 4, 2014 23:45:27 GMT enjay said:

I'd probably start with the 24G 0.5mm stuff and get the hang of it first, you can do quite a lot with it. What sort of batteries have you got? And what atty?

Agreed. 24g is still easy to work with.
When you get to 18 & 20g it's Soooo hard to coil and work with!

The 20 is ok but the 18 is a bit much, also way to much extra heat off it, my personal favourite these days is the 20G nichrome 80. Got a 100ft of it for £15 all in from a place called lightening vapes in the states.

This is one of usual 20G builds




And this is the 18G fence wire lol Had to do it as a single strand too due to the thickness of it.

[crin766]

Oct 4, 2014 23:45:27 GMT enjay said:

Oct 4, 2014 23:40:00 GMT crin766 said:

Thats what I want to hear! So what kanthal do you recommend and at what resistance?

I'd probably start with the 24G 0.5mm stuff and get the hang of it first, you can do quite a lot with it. What sort of batteries have you got? And what atty?

vtc3's in a maraxus with a kraken set up as an auto dripper