Help with wire, wicks, etc

vjdossey;11450372 said:

Thank you so much buklao for this thread-great questions. Thrasher-super big thanks for explanations!!!

Thrasher;11410420 said:

Kanthal Wire - the wire type

32 Gauge - the size of the wire usually we use 28 to 32 g for our resistance needs.

0.25oz - the weight of the spool (or the weight of what your ordering)

Series A-1 - the blend of kanthal, it comes in several versions A,A1,D

AWG - Averange Wire Guage. the standard we use to size the wire.



the blend of metal used some people dont like the taste of nichrome and kanthal will take more heat before failure.




size is your preference - most soft wick comes in ropes. and is sized from 1 to 3mm any bigger and it would be hard to wrap the coil and get it in the atomizers




this is a standard term so we all know what we are talking about. when you wrap a coil the first and last wrap dont go all the way around the wick. looking at the coil from one side will look like 4 wraps flip it over it will look like 3 wraps, it is to help us under stand what others are doing, if i say i did a 4 wrap coil others think is this a 4/3 or 5/4? the amount of wire will change the resistance.


these are the battery sizes.
18 is the diameter
35, 50, 65 is the length
the last 0 means it is a cylinder



protected batteries actually add a fuse to the battery, and is for shutting off the battery in the case of a short or failure, we should not use protected batteries in any mods as they are mostly designed for flashlights. if you need protection they sell fuses specifically designed for vaping. VV/VW mods need no protection, it is built in.

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