Wire for AGA

[womble]

I'm sure this has been done to death already, but what wire are you buying for your new aga coils?
And where are you getting it from?

I did have a search but only found one ebay buyer from Macca.

Did Brian ever sort out his bulk wire buy?

[OneDay]

Des I have some 0.16 NiCh from here which I'm planning to use.

Brian's wire deal fell through unfortunately

[DiscoDes]

Des? ???

[OneDay]

Lol sorry Des and Womble.... at least the link is correct

[womble]

Cheers oneday

What do those who are more experienced think of this?

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Set-3x-25m-Kanthal-A-resistance-heating-wire-0-15mm-0-20mm-0-22mm-/221146040940?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET&hash=item337d54ca6c

Looks very good to me.

[blakey]

.15 wire for a mesh wick is not really ideal, thicker wire is better. Min should be about .2
.15 is better suited to fibre/silica wicks of 2mm or less.

[womble]

Mmmm, I'm looking on ebay now and wondering between .2 and .22. Ideally I'd like to just buy one.
But I might try both.

[alvoram]

I like a higher resistance than most, so I was just going to use the wire that came with it for a couple of rebuilds, see what resistance I get from that, and decide from there which gauge to purchase.

[reefcat]

Also used wires.co.uk. I got some .15 & .20 Kanthal, plus their 400 mesh as a starter

[maccafan]

For higher resistance: (2.5 +)

0.16 mm

For medium resistance: (2.2-2.4)

0.18 mm


For low resistance: (1.7-2 ohm)

0.2 mm

For very low resistance; < 1.5 ohm

0.25 mm

Kanthal D from here will do just fine. Kanthal A1 and A do have higher temp rating in that order but not by much. Initial resistance of the coil is only a base starting point. After a day or so of use the resistance will become higher and stabilise.

[womble]

Thanks everyone. It's good to see it all written down in one place. I ended up buying 25 metres of .2 and .22 kanthal for £11.50 delivered from Ebay.

I'll see how I get on with that.

[Moon]

Nov 7, 2012 10:50:42 GMT womble said:

Cheers oneday

What do those who are more experienced think of this?

www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Set-3x-25m-Kanthal-A-resistance-heating-wire-0-15mm-0-20mm-0-22mm-/221146040940?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET&hash=item337d54ca6c

Looks very good to me.

I ordered 50m of .15mm for my Vivis from here on Sunday and it was delivered today at a cost of about £8.

That's a great price and fast delivery considering it's come from Germany.

Only downside is that it's not on a reel, it's just coiled up, but I'll probably put it on a cotton reel when I have a spare few hours.


He even threw in a couple of silica samples as well, so I'll definitely use him again in two years time when I need to replenish my stock.