18g or 20g stainless wire

[Wheelin247]

I'm looking for some large gauge wire but can't find anything large gauge in SS. I have found and ordered 18g and 20g Ni80 (which I'm using now) but I just love the flavor of SS better than I like the Ni80. Im using the larger gauge wire in my 40mm Mason and the 41mm Voltrove. I've searched the interweb and I am finding all other kind of SS wire in the gauges I'm looking for (mostly for making jewelry) but no resistance wire for vaping. Does anybody know where I can find some SS wire or anybody use SS wire in the gauges I'm looking for? If so, would you be able to post a link to the website or the page where you found it or point me in the right direction I would appreciate it!


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[sonicbomb]

20AWG 316SS
$5.81 Authentic Vapor Tech 316L Stainless Steel Heating Wire for RBA Atomizers (30 feet) - 20 AWG / 0.81mm dia. / 30 feet (10m) at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
18AWG 316SS
$3.81 Authentic MKWS 316 Stainless Steel Resistance Wire for Rebuildable Atomizers - 18 AWG (0.8mm) / 1.43ohm/m / 10m (30 feet) at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

I'm assuming you are planning on making some Kamikaze style ultra low resistance coils?

 

[Wheelin247]

20AWG 316SS
$5.81 Authentic Vapor Tech 316L Stainless Steel Heating Wire for RBA Atomizers (30 feet) - 20 AWG / 0.81mm dia. / 30 feet (10m) at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping
18AWG 316SS
$3.81 Authentic MKWS 316 Stainless Steel Resistance Wire for Rebuildable Atomizers - 18 AWG (0.8mm) / 1.43ohm/m / 10m (30 feet) at FastTech - Worldwide Free Shipping

I'm assuming you are planning on making some Kamikaze style ultra low resistance coils?

Thanks for the links. I don't know how I couldn't find anything on google. Probably was let putting in the right keywords.

Not kamikaze style for me. I'm gonna build around .1-.2. With the massive deck of the 40mm I want to fill it and maximize the room so I figured larger gauge wire will fill the space better and make massive coils. I'm looking at 20g SS 8 wraps around a 6mm jig, that would put me around .15 and if I go 18g SS 9 wraps around a 6mm that would put me around .1. That way I'm maximizing the area on the large deck and instead of 22g SS with 6 wraps around a 6mm jig I wouldn't have the surface area like I would on the larger gauge. That's why I'm wanting to go larger SS wire.


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[sonicbomb]

Wire that thick will be very inefficient because of the ratio of mass to surface area. The slow ramp amp you can get round by using a lot of power, but you cannot get around the long ramp down times cooking your wicks. Is this destined for a regulated or unregulated platform?

 

[doctadrea]

Wow, yea... it'll take a LOT of power to heat that much wire. Is it one of those 6 battery mods you're using it with?

 

[Don29palms]

http://kbeevapor.com/

 

[Wheelin247]

Wire that thick will be very inefficient because of the ratio of mass to surface area. The slow ramp amp you can get round by using a lot of power, but you cannot get around the long ramp down times cooking your wicks. Is this destined for a regulated or unregulated platform?

My plan is it's going to be put on a NLPWM lipo mod when it gets finished being built.


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[Wheelin247]

Wow, yea... it'll take a LOT of power to heat that much wire. Is it one of those 6 battery mods you're using it with?

It will be a NLPWM lipo mod that is in the process of being built. I will have it in a few weeks. With lipos there isn't much ramp up time on coils cause it's putting 16V to the coils.


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[Wheelin247]

http://kbeevapor.com/

I looked on their website but I didn't see the 20g SS. I was looking at it on a phone so it opened up the mobile version so that may have had something to do with it. The version the link opened up was the desktop version.

I like that company cause they are literally 30 min down the road from me. That's where I got the 18g and 20g Ni80.


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[Don29palms]

I looked on their website but I didn't see the 20g SS. I was looking at it on a phone so it opened up the mobile version so that may have had something to do with it. The version the link opened up was the desktop version.

I like that company cause they are literally 30 min down the road from me. That's where I got the 18g and 20g Ni80.


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The biggest gage I saw in ss 316l was 20g.

 

[APathos]

I order most of my 316l from temco. They have down/up? to 20g. My only complaint is they don't sell 36g (for clapton wrapping).

 

[Beamslider]

18 Gauge SS316L

SS 316L - Stainless Steel Wire 100ft of 18 Gauge AWG | eBay

 

[Wheelin247]

The biggest gage I saw in ss 316l was 20g.

That's all I saw too


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[Amb1valentchaos]

Kidney puncher has 20g and 18g ss. You could also try some of these "comp wires" they are basically ss. Im using 20g mad rabbit atm and yeah it works i know immolation wire and the wire doctor wire have 18 and 20 also and i get back to you on this but i saw a comp wire that sold 19g as well

 

[Amb1valentchaos]

That's all I saw too


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Google wire doctor wire its a "surgical grade" stainless steel "comp"wire its about average price for comp wire so yeah thst being saud a little pricey but they do have 19 guage so a good go between might solve your problem

 

[Wheelin247]

I ended up buying some from FT a week ago. Should be showing up sometime either the rest of this week or next week.


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