Burning Out Titanium Wire

[seraphe]

I need advice.

Got my VT40 and wanted to build a titanium coil for kayfun Lite V2 Plus. The only titanium G1 wire I have is 28AWG, while waiting for arrival of thicker titanium wire. I have problem of always burning out the wire when I build 5-8 wraps and firing before wicking. I only managed to turn it blue with 9 x 2mm wraps but sometimes still burning out when I accidentally and slightly overlap one of the wraps.

I set my VT40 to max 200 degree celcius and firing at 10W.

With these the lowest resistance I could get is around 0.5ohm.

What can I do to avoid burning out? Will thicker titanium wire help? Or change to Ni200?

 

[manthe]

To anneal/work harden and tweak coils of titanium wire I just use a regular lighter. I just swipe the flame back and forth across the coil. You can pinch and/or strum the coils as they heat. Works well for me and substantially reduces risk of burn out

 

[Marc411]

I don't dry burn mine and haven't had any problems and so far (knock on wood) no hot spots. I just do a tension coil, nice and tight, load it and vape.