100FT Kenthal Longevity

[Bobee]

Bored and forum digging and searching as usual. Was just wondering if anyone wanted to throw some input on the longevity of their 100ft spools of kenthal. Gauge is kind of irrelevant I suppose. How long does your wire usually last you? Smoking habits and wicking habits would be a nice thing to include. My first 100 foot spool will be here soon and I'm thinking of splitting it with a buddy is why I'm interested in this information. Thanks in advance.

 

[Firechief2]

Considering that you will use a couple of inches max per wrap even half of the spool should last you years

 

[budynbuick]

Bored and forum digging and searching as usual. Was just wondering if anyone wanted to throw some input on the longevity of their 100ft spools of kenthal. Gauge is kind of irrelevant I suppose. How long does your wire usually last you? Smoking habits and wicking habits would be a nice thing to include. My first 100 foot spool will be here soon and I'm thinking of splitting it with a buddy is why I'm interested in this information. Thanks in advance.

That would last me 25+ yrs LOL.

 

[Nomoreash]

I would average 4" per coil, that should be more enough, that's 3 coils per foot x 100 = 300 coils. Now it's just a matter of how often you recoil, probably more untill the newness wears off and you figure it out, after that every 2 weeks is being very conservative. So that'll be around 600 weeks. Now whether we'll be recoiling RBAs in 600 weeks is a different question.

 

[Bobee]

Exactly the responses I was hoping for! Thanks for everyone's input

 

[Bobee]

Oh shiz, nooga tn! I live in Mount Juliet right outside Nashville

 

[Thrasher]

i bought a 100 foot spool in early nov and a 250 to throw in the drawer.
i am constantly playing and rewicking and i still cant see the plastic behind the wire on the 100 foot roll. if i can leave it alone (which i cant) a coil usually lasts a few weeks easy, so 2 to 4 inches a month maybe?

 

[SteveW]

How long? A bloody long time mate.

 

[dwcraig1]

I have that conservatively calculated at 1.6 cents per coil, I'm paying just under $5 for a 100' ft spool

 

[Dave Bowser]

OK Then, WHERE did you find 100 foot spools of wire and what was the cost?

 

[Been_Verbed]

On eBay, a company by the name of Temco has restocked on Kanthal, its about $10 per 100ft spool. They also have non resistance wire and nichrome as well. Great company for resistance wire, fast shipping at low cost.
Leave some for me.

 

[Thrasher]

if you go to temcos website and buy it direct they usually ship free. (havent ordered in a while so YMMV)

TEMCo Industrial Power Supply

 

[Been_Verbed]

How do you post a link?

 

[StaircaseWit]

OK Then, WHERE did you find 100 foot spools of wire and what was the cost?

http://www.temcoindustrialpower.com/search.html?t1=kanthal&page=2

~$8.00 or so.

 

[Thrasher]

just copy the address and paste it in your post

 

[Been_Verbed]

items in TEMCo Industrial Power Supply store on eBay!

Thanx
Can you change the way it appears on the post?

 

[Dave Bowser]

OK Got it. THANK YOU Thank you

 

[Cyric]

Exact same place I got mine. I wish I could find a place like that for Mesh as well.

 

[dwcraig1]

OK Then, WHERE did you find 100 foot spools of wire and what was the cost?

ebay, just under $5, guess I'm late

 

[c00lkatz]

Another Temco user here. Great wire, fast shipping, and $5-10 gets you all you'll need for a long while. Of course I've bought 100ft spools of 28-36 gauge resistance wire plus a 50ft spool of 30 gauge non-resistance, so I'm about $50 into it lol. Though I'll never need wire, and can make whatever resistance coil I want!