Aqua kanthal vs nichrome
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My Aqua gets hot with Kanthal in it.
I just always assumed it was because I run a .4Ω build in it and I'm a chain vaper.
I just always assumed it was because I run a .4Ω build in it and I'm a chain vaper.
kanthal heats up faster and is lower resistance than the same diameter of nichrome.
Holding/feeling a hot tank doesnt feel right to me. Going back to nichrome in a few days for good if i cant find any advantage in using kanthal.
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EDIT: I just remembered. I did rebuild the coils. What I did differently is I went inside the posts rather than attaching the leads to the outside of the posts. My guess is this is the main attrbutor to the cooler tank.
I may be crazy but I think the heat of the aqua tank is due to wicking. I'm running the same coils but my tank isn't getting as hot now after a rewicking and juice change. Maybe it's the juice. I don't know, except to say it isn't nearly as warm.
I may be crazy but I think the heat of the aqua tank is due to wicking. I'm running the same coils but my tank isn't getting as hot now after a rewicking and juice change. Maybe it's the juice. I don't know, except to say it isn't nearly as warm.
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regardless of what wire you use the aqua shouldn't get hot. its not the wire or resistance but another contributing factor . I have heard of aquas getting really hot and know for sure its not suppose to happen because I have an aqua and run it as low as .35 with no issues at all. I also received a clone and tried a build in there, also with no heat. if you tried it with kanthal and it got hot and then tried it with nichrome and it wasn't hot then we know there is no issues with airflow, (I have heard with certain clones of airflow issues). being that there is no issues with airflow it has to do with the build or wicking differences that were changed when you made a new coil. you mentioned nano build? have you had the same heat issues with just a micro build? so its just a nano build that heats up the aqua with kanthal? if the heating issues are with a nano build only maybe there is a reason or difference with nichrome, this I cannot comment on because that is about the only coil I have not tried in the aqua. but if your aqua gets really hot with a micro build on kanthal and not with nichrome, I can definitely tell you its not suppose to happen and is not the wire that is attributing.
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I think we should define what "hot" is.
My FT Aqua (red o-ring version) gets warm to the touch when chain vaping....no different then any of my other atomizers, no matter what style they are. It has never got to the point where it was to hot to handle, even at .4Ω. I run air flow control wide open.
My FT Aqua (red o-ring version) gets warm to the touch when chain vaping....no different then any of my other atomizers, no matter what style they are. It has never got to the point where it was to hot to handle, even at .4Ω. I run air flow control wide open.
Went back to nichrome, no more excess tank heating even in with power on for multitple puffs at 10 seconds+.
Nichrome > Kanthal and a lot cheaper and easier to find.
I cannot prove it but vapor seems to be better on nichrome based on my own experience.
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Nichrome > Kanthal and a lot cheaper and easier to find.
I cannot prove it but vapor seems to be better on nichrome based on my own experience.
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