Which one should I use if I want to build a microcoil? The diameter would be around 2mm, any other suggestions ?
32 vs 30 kanthal for 0.8-1ohm micro coil ?
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I would say if you haven't bought it yet go for a 28, easier to build and more loops (you could do a 8-9loop coil to get to that resistance) but if you already have those use the 30
my favorite thus far has been 29guage. To me at the higher ohms 29 takes too long to heat up as you have to make a bigger coil. BUt I also like 30 guage for doing dual coils. To me 28 guage is good for running sub ohm single coil builds. Then again I don't like to go any lower than .8 on a single coil build and .6 on a dual coil build.
I use 30 gauge for everything, but I typically run my single coils at 1.2-1.4 ohm. For a good micro coil in that range, you should move down to 1.5mm diameter or use 28 gauge if you must stick with 2mm.
Wait I am confused. I wasn't really familiar with american wire gauge, I thought about diameter. So lower awg means wider diameter.
yes lower the number means bigger wire. the bigger the wire the lower the resistance. The trade off is the bigger the wire the longer to heat up. for instance a 1.5 ohm coil using 28 will take longer to heat up then a 1.5 using 30. how ever if you are going to so say sub ohms the bigger wire is good for the fact that you don't have to use as much wire.
if you have 30 or 32g you can get some good micro style coils by say double twisting, tri twist, quad etc and so on to make it thicker, which lowers your Ω enabling you get more wraps then you would with a single strand
single strand 30g 1.5mmid or 1/16id @ 6wraps get about 1.2Ω dependant on your leg lengths, but you really need 7 and above wraps to benefit from a micro coil
4 strands of 32g twisted together @ 8wraps 1/16 or 1.5mm gives you 1Ω and should give you better flavour then its equivalent wire gauge which is probably 28g
im probably only gonna replace my 32g from now on
single strand 30g 1.5mmid or 1/16id @ 6wraps get about 1.2Ω dependant on your leg lengths, but you really need 7 and above wraps to benefit from a micro coil
4 strands of 32g twisted together @ 8wraps 1/16 or 1.5mm gives you 1Ω and should give you better flavour then its equivalent wire gauge which is probably 28g
im probably only gonna replace my 32g from now on
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