Stainless wire on a mech.

[phtumshk]

Any body use SS wire on a mech?
Does it ramp up slower than a similar gauge of Kanthal?
 Ive ordered my usual gauge of A1 in SS on the assumption for a similar resistance Ill get a fatter coil with more wraps.

Yes I have been on steam engine to look see.
Yes it did go straight over my head.

[djs]

Sept 16, 2016 14:36:15 GMT phtumshk said:

Yes I have been on steam engine to look see.
Yes it did go straight over my head.

I've been messing around with the steam engine calculator. I want to turn all my RDAs into SS builds. It's doing my head in.

Do I know how long my legs are? You've got to be kidding.

All I want is two nice coils in the 0.8 to 0.9 range... to make a nice 0.4 ish build.

I can't see any problem with using SS with your mod. If you work it out let me know.

At the moment 28 AWG is the winner I think. But I'm not sure...

[phtumshk]

I had it all figured out till I started messing around with the heatflux colour chart thingy.
djs Im fixing to get a single coil of around .9 to an ohm maybe a smidge lower depending on the ramp up.
I ordered AWG 27 (.36mm) SS, my never ending spool of kanthal is .32 so i went slightly higher for the SS.

[djs]

Sept 16, 2016 15:08:31 GMT phtumshk said:

I had it all figured out till I started messing around with the heatflux colour chart thingy.
djs Im fixing to get a single coil of around .9 to an ohm maybe a smidge lower depending on the ramp up.
I ordered AWG 27 (.36mm) SS, my never ending spool of kanthal is .32 so i went slightly higher for the SS.

Perfect. You can let me know what you find out....

[bones3]

i have always used stainless in a mech for a couple of years now with no probs what so ever

if you want some wire to try before you buy gis a pm as i have some i dont use any more
as i get all my wires from FT now as ready wires ,Ni200-316L-Ni200 and they are really very good

[phtumshk]

Sept 16, 2016 18:10:44 GMT djs said:

Sept 16, 2016 15:08:31 GMT phtumshk said:

I had it all figured out till I started messing around with the heatflux colour chart thingy.
djs Im fixing to get a single coil of around .9 to an ohm maybe a smidge lower depending on the ramp up.
I ordered AWG 27 (.36mm) SS, my never ending spool of kanthal is .32 so i went slightly higher for the SS.

Perfect. You can let me know what you find out....

Will do.

Sept 16, 2016 18:19:23 GMT bones3 said:

i have always used stainless in a mech for a couple of years now with no probs what so ever

if you want some wire to try before you buy gis a pm as i have some i dont use any more
as i get all my wires from FT now as ready wires ,Ni200-316L-Ni200 and they are really very good

Thanks for the kind offer Ill wait and see how I get on with the 27awg first before I commit to any more.

EDIT: forgot to ask bones3 what do you use the Non-Res-Non wires in???
I keep having a play with the sophia now and then.

[bones3]

phtumshk
i use NR-R-NR in all my builds as it stops the exposed legs gettin over heated

i have various thicknesses of ss wire some 316L some 304 i could send a couple of mts os each of what i have for you to play around with before you go off buying spools of the stuff (as we have all done that and have it sitting in a draw never to be used)

[phtumshk]

Sept 16, 2016 19:11:41 GMT bones3 said:

phtumshk
i use NR-R-NR in all my builds as it stops the exposed legs gettin over heated

i have various thicknesses of ss wire some 316L some 304 i could send a couple of mts os each of what i have for you to play around with before you go off buying spools of the stuff (as we have all done that and have it sitting in a draw never to be used)

PM incoming.

[tonyb]

Yes you can use SS on a Mech. Ramps up much quicker than Kanthal.I wouldn't bother too much about your resistance, you can add more wraps and get a bigger coil but 0.2 difference isn't going to hurt you or your batteries.

[bones3]

The one thing you have to take into consideration is that stainless is not a resistance wire as such ,like kanthal ,but it does have resistance in it just not as much as resistance wire , so you have to use more and have more wraps to your coil

[phtumshk]

Sept 16, 2016 20:45:45 GMT bones3 said:

The one thing you have to take into consideration is that stainless is not a resistance wire as such ,like kanthal ,but it does have resistance in it just not as much as resistance wire , so you have to use more and have more wraps to your coil

Thats the plan.
 Im only getting about 5/6 wraps of .3 kanthal for 1 ohm .
Was fine in the kayfun but attys like the tilemahos I seem to have a lot more juice/wick that is swamping the coil.
Fine with a regulated mod you can just turn it up but I much prefer to use mechs these days.

[bones3]

Tilemahos are ace !! After a bit of meddling with they are a perfect Atty!! For me any way!!

As I have 2 authentic s and 10 clones!!!!!!!

[VapingBad]

The fast heat up effect is partly because the resistance rises as it heats. For a given voltage you get more power at the beginning.

EG 0.2 ohm (cold) 316 coil @ 4 V
@ room temp uses 80 W
@ 450 F the res will rise to about 0.24 ohm and use 67 W

Not that any mech (battery really) will give 4 V @ 20 A

[tim]

Sept 16, 2016 21:40:55 GMT VapingBad said:

The fast heat up effect is partly because the resistance rises as it heats. For a given voltage you get more power at the beginning.

EG 0.2 ohm (cold) 316 coil @ 4 V
@ room temp uses 80 W
@ 450 F the res will rise to about 0.24 ohm and use 67 W

Not that any mech (battery really) will give 4 V @ 20 A

This is why mech usage is dangerous to the uneducated.

Thank you Jon.

Please learn battery safety everyone.

There is no regulation. And if you stress a battery (cell), it gets angry. And when they bite, they don't let go.

I added this post for people who are new to vaping. Not to be condescending. Which it sounds.

[phtumshk]

Sept 16, 2016 21:14:14 GMT bones3 said:

Tilemahos are ace !! After a bit of meddling with they are a perfect Atty!! For me any way!!

As I have 2 authentic s and 10 clones!!!!!!!

I have yet to get me hands on a real un but its 1 of 2 attys that I have to be getting an original of.
The other has to be the cloud one, its mega.