I found this semi-old spool of kanthal in my drawer that was unopened, I threw out the packaging so I don't remember what it the company was but it was something along the lines of "Tuff #24 galvanized kanthal resistance wire" but I built a couple of coils and they all short, I've tried it on 3 diff attys and still shorts, I made sure its not touching any other metal or anything. It was a dirty but i washed it with soap and water and its not grimy or greasy from machine oil but parts of it aren't shiny like wire is supposed to be they're gray-blackish. Is that causing the problem.
All my coils shorting?
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what are you trying to fire it on, and what resistance are the coils you are making.
Uhh not familiar with that type of wire and unable to find any mention of it anywhere online but if it truly is galvanized you most certainly DO NOT want to be building coils out of it.
Galvanized metal plus heat equals toxic gases.
Enough kanthal to last years is only ~$6 shipped, i would avoid the mystery wire if i were you.
Best of luck!
Galvanized metal plus heat equals toxic gases.
Enough kanthal to last years is only ~$6 shipped, i would avoid the mystery wire if i were you.
Best of luck!
I tried it on a patriot rda and trident rda on top of a cana dna 30, the resistance should be about 0.6-0.7
so technically you dont know the resistance? are you using an ohm meter to check the resistance before you put it on your mod? if not be glad you're not doing that on a mech.
Ohm reader broke, yea I know its unsafe but its the standard coil I always do.
Except when you make a mistake and it's not.
Bruce in Ocala, Fl-uses idiot resistant multi meter
you should probably toss that wire then, wouldnt keep trying it after ur getting shorts constantly and dont have an ohm meter to really troubleshoot the problem, but it looks like its the wire tbh.
I'm honestly having a hard time figuring out what the heck he even has, various searches on the internet lead in a ton of different directions.
The point is, if he even vaguely remembers it as being galvanized he shouldn't be using it, just to be safe. Kanthal is just too cheap/easy to get.
Shorts don't matter, resistance doesn't matter, finding out if your wire is going to release EXTREMELY TOXIC gases when you heat it, that matters.
May be a dumb solution* but are the posts or screws touching? happened to me and i tried every type of wire till i realized it was the screws
I second the motion. Zinc is IMO not healthy to vape. If you are not sure what the wire is, toss it and get yourself something you're sure of.
Galvanized means zinc coated. You cannot use it for vaping, just cannot. It will always short. Galvanized and kanthal should not be used in the same sentence. Very interesting, what uses can galvanized kanthal have?
Throw it away please! You can do some serious damage to your lungs with Galvinazed !
Now step away from the Rba go to the RBA for beginners and start over.
You can get a cheap multimeter at harbor freight
You really need to wise up we don't want to see you get hurt
Now step away from the Rba go to the RBA for beginners and start over.
You can get a cheap multimeter at harbor freight
You really need to wise up we don't want to see you get hurt
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