I have ordered SS 316L, just waiting delivery. What interests me the most is that SS can be used in straight wattage mode and in TC. Sometimes I forget which wire I have in a particular atomizer. Am I correct to believe that if I forget if a atomizer has Kanthal or SS wire coils I will be safe just using it in a mod without TC?
Reasonably safe...
From my personal experience, it depends on how you built it and the wattage applied of course. SS has a lower resistance than Kanthal so your similar-sized builds will be lower resistance and inherently hit harder and hotter on a mech mod. An important thing to note is that if you don't dry-burn your SS (which many people don't especially when using in TC), you may get hot legs or hot spots and warp your coil and/or get dry hits if hitting it at an improper wattage without TC. My favorite SS build to use in TC mode so far is a 24g spaced dual coil build and one time I was using it on a DNA200 on a TC profile and accidentally switched profiles to one with TC but with a much hotter preheat. Just the 1 second preheat at that higher wattage on one hit oxidized one of the legs on my build and warped my coil.