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[hittman]

Sir, I might need some advice on temperature control. I ordered some ni200 wire and already have the batteries for the cloupor but I have no idea what topper to use with it for TC and don't have any idea how many wraps of Ni to use.

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

Sir, I might need some advice on temperature control. I ordered some ni200 wire and already have the batteries for the cloupor but I have no idea what topper to use with it for TC and don't have any idea how many wraps of Ni to use.

I don't have any experience with TC. However I use this steam engine a lot http://www.steam-engine.org/coil.asp?mat=ni200&r=0.5&awg=34&id=3 and have it bookmarked. Input the wire type (Ni200) target resistance ( ex .5) diameter of coil (3.0 mm), and leg length (distance from coil to screws- appx). I ordered Titanium 1 for my temp control wire. The reason is because Ni has to have a spaced coil and T1 can be made with wraps touching. (My T1 is on the way from China)

Any tank you can build on should work.

 

[hittman]

I didn't know that about the ni200. So the wraps can't touch?

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

I didn't know that about the ni200. So the wraps can't touch?

From what I've read I don't believe so.

 

[FranC]

Bye,Sir

 

[hittman]

Time for me to look up some videos on TC coils.

 

[FranC]

Bye,Hitt

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

Goodnight Fran

 

[FranC]

Goodnight,Sir

 

[hittman]

Are you two done for the night already?

 

[hittman]

I couldn't find a medal for you sir but here's a bingo card.

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

Good morning

 

[FranC]

Good morning,Sir

 

[hittman]

Good morning

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

My titanium wire just popped up on tracking, should have it by monday...then temp control is a reality. (or a good attempt)

 

[hittman]

I watched a video yesterday of a guy building a ni200 coil and he didn't mention anything about spacing. He actually took some tweezers and squeezed it together some. I use the kuro coilers so I hope that's ok. What I don't know is what resistance I should try for. I should probably buy one of those resistance checkers like the guy in the video had to build on. I just usually put it on a mod and check resistance with kanthal.

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

I watched a video yesterday of a guy building a ni200 coil and he didn't mention anything about spacing. He actually took some tweezers and squeezed it together some. I use the kuro coilers so I hope that's ok. What I don't know is what resistance I should try for. I should probably buy one of those resistance checkers like the guy in the video had to build on. I just usually put it on a mod and check resistance with kanthal.

I hope I didn't get it backwards, cause I wanted touching coils. I just check my resistance on the mod. If you make the same resistance as you now normally build (like in the Kayfuns) then your flavor should be the same.

 

[hittman]

But from what I understand, the resistance of the ni200 is much lower than kanthal. I usually make my kayfun coils at 1.5-1.8. I saw on the cloupor that the coil resistance for TC needs to be between .1 and .5.

 

[Sir2fyablyNutz]

But from what I understand, the resistance of the ni200 is much lower than kanthal. I usually make my kayfun coils at 1.5-1.8. I saw on the cloupor that the coil resistance for TC needs to be between .1 and .5.

I usually build in the .5 area so I never worried about it, just used the coil steam engine to figure out my build. I ordered 3 sizes of T1 so I could play with the builds some. A lot of it will be determined by the wire size. TC wire is really different than Kanthal as far as the heat and resistance. What size wire do you have?

 

[hittman]

I ordered 28 gauge ni200. I use mostly that size with kanthal so I though I'd start there.