What to do with 0.2mm Kanthal..?

[leo]

So I had this reel of 0.2mm Kanthal (32 gauge) that I got when I first started recoiling Kanger heads (nearly 6 months ago! ).
Since moving on to drippers I haven't touched it. This poor wire sitting there unloved... what to do?

Get the drill out obviously.....
6 strands twisted into a 0.6ohm micro coil on my Veritas.
Flavour is insane. The Veritas is good anyway, but with this coil it is just more intense. Still very smooth, but a warm, full flavour.
And it is CHUCKING clouds... I never thought I'd get this much vapour off a single coil!
So if you have a reel of unloved 32 gauge sitting around.. give it a go!

[igual]

I have a roll of 0.15 that was a freebie lol no idea what to use that for

[Greg]

Sept 16, 2014 18:01:01 GMT igual said:

I have a roll of 0.15 that was a freebie lol no idea what to use that for

Got any cheese 

[igual]

Hmm a nice wedge of yarlsberg in the fridge

[Steve (VapeStorm)]

Awesome use of cheesewire.

[Pepperty]

crikey! that looks blisteringly good

I only seem to have .25 and its fine as a microcoil in protank single coils but I never know what to use in my drippers where I'd really prefer thicker wire that is more rigid as when I flavour swap out wick I have a habit of deforming the poor skinny microcoil.

Thicker wire does mean you can do more wraps yeah? ( to keep between 1ohm and 2 ish)  do I could double up what I have.... can that be done by hand? its getting too late in the day for my brain to function well

[leo]

Sept 16, 2014 18:33:11 GMT Pepperty said:

crikey! that looks blisteringly good

I only seem to have .25 and its fine as a microcoil in protank single coils but I never know what to use in my drippers where I'd really prefer thicker wire that is more rigid as when I flavour swap out wick I have a habit of deforming the poor skinny microcoil.

Thicker wire does mean you can do more wraps yeah? ( to keep between 1ohm and 2 ish)  do I could double up what I have.... can that be done by hand? its getting too late in the day for my brain to function well

No Pepperty, to twist it you put one end in a drill and hold the other end with a pair of plyers... when it snaps it's done. But it's a piece of cake, so if you have access to a drill try 2 or 4 strands for your drippers.
And yes, more wraps = more resistance (but twisting them together lowers the overall resistance, like doing a dual or quad coil)

[igual]

Pepperty what size did you want to try twisted I'm just off to post a parcel for cra1g so Ican do yyou some up before in post hus .

[Pepperty]

.... I'm a bit scared of drills :/ honestly suspect it lose a thumb and/ or an eye!

nice of you to offer igual but it's probably time I just ordered some thicker wire to use on my couple of drippers.

As my mechanical mods are 14500 I can't do low ohm build but I would prefer chunkier wire and more twists to make a more robust coil.

any advice to what I should look at ordering....?

[igual]

I love using 0.32 mm I'd get some 0.32 and some 0.28 mm to test with I'm happy to send you some to try hun

[buggritt]

I must be doing something wrong. I have a couple of reels of .2mm and have made twisted coils for the magma. 6 wraps gives me 1.4 ohms. I'm ok at that level, but thought that I would be able to do more wraps for slightly longer coils.

[Pepperty]

Sept 16, 2014 20:48:01 GMT igual said:

I love using 0.32 mm I'd get some 0.32 and some 0.28 mm to test with I'm happy to send you some to try hun

aww you sweetheart, as long as you have a bit spare then I'll take you up on that offer. if I really truly like it I bet odd put on safety goggles and gardening gloves and give it a shot!!

I'll pm my address and thanks very much!

[leo]

Sept 16, 2014 20:48:11 GMT buggritt said:

I must be doing something wrong. I have a couple of reels of .2mm and have made twisted coils for the magma. 6 wraps gives me 1.4 ohms. I'm ok at that level, but thought that I would be able to do more wraps for slightly longer coils.

How many strands in your twists?
There are 6 in the coil I posted above, that's why the resistance is lower.

[igual]

It's in the post box now Pepperty

[Pepperty]

Sept 16, 2014 21:19:58 GMT igual said:

It's in the post box now Pepperty

thanks lots!