May be stupid question

[Clay Bungart]

Ok so I like to Chase clouds and I have the following type of wire all kanthal 28, 24, 22, and 20 gauge wire how many wraps and of what coil would produce the best clouds note I have the sigelei 150 watt and mutation x v 4

 

[Hans Wermhat]

When I build with Kanthal I use 28G. I prefer nichrome for my drippers. It heats up faster and I seem to get better performance out of it. With KA1, I would probably use the 24 or 22G, 2.5 or 3mm ID and 6 or 8 wraps. It's going to be high resistance, but with higher wattage it will still fire pretty well. The surface area of your coil makes a big difference in your clouds. The more wire you have in contact with the wick, the more juice you can vaporize. Larger ID and more wraps makes bigger clouds as long as you have the power to fire it. 6 wraps 24G @ 3mm dual coil is around 0.3 ohms and should work pretty well, but will be a cool vape. It's all about personal preference though. Use steam engine to get an idea of what to expect before you start wrapping a coil. plug in different #'s and see where you want to be.

 

[Clay Bungart]

When I build with Kanthal I use 28G. I prefer nichrome for my drippers. It heats up faster and I seem to get better performance out of it. With KA1, I would probably use the 24 or 22G, 2.5 or 3mm ID and 6 or 8 wraps. It's going to be high resistance, but with higher wattage it will still fire pretty well. The surface area of your coil makes a big difference in your clouds. The more wire you have in contact with the wick, the more juice you can vaporize. Larger ID and more wraps makes bigger clouds as long as you have the power to fire it. 6 wraps 24G @ 3mm dual coil is around 0.3 ohms and should work pretty well, but will be a cool vape. It's all about personal preference though. Use steam engine to get an idea of what to expect before you start wrapping a coil. plug in different #'s and see where you want to be.

Thanks for the reply so use 3mm instead of 2.5mm (currently I'm using 2.5mms)

 

[Hans Wermhat]

It's a personal preference thing. If 2.5mm is working for you go with it.

 

[Olivov]

If you have a smart phone I suggest checking out the app Steam Engine.

 

[Hans Wermhat]

Are you familiar with Steam Engine?

 

[Clay Bungart]

Kinda I have the app on my phone I just don't use it

 

[dcfluegel]

strongly recommend the steam-engine.org site - great tool for coil building

 

[dcfluegel]

i am learning (through both personal experience and info/ insight from these forums) that it is really not worth taking shortcuts with coil building - I am finding I am much better off using tools like steam engine to keep on track, though your mileage may vary...