Can anyone explain to me what the difference between kanthal, nichrome, silver, gplat are?
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Hello, peg summed up the difference pretty good. Stick with kanthal and adjust with sizes and wraps.
http://youtu.be/2ByH7GcRt38
Imo I don't see paying huge month for gplat or other high end wires.
http://youtu.be/2ByH7GcRt38
Imo I don't see paying huge month for gplat or other high end wires.
Supporting Sthur from below, where the view is better. Aside from the video and kanthal making the most sense, the only wire to be aware of right now is nickel (ni200) -- and that's only if you're using a DNA40 chip, and then only if you're using their temperature sensing stuffins.
Kanthal and Nichrome are the main 2 coiling materials, where kanthal is more commonly used.
Silver and Nickel, also known as NI200 for the nickel wire are both no-resistance wires, e.g. they have extremely low resistance and should only be used together with a DNA40 mod for NI200 only, not silver. Silver wire is used to create NR-R-NR wires, e.g. make 'legs' to a resistance wire using wire welder which uses high current in short bursts to weld together 2 parts of wires, NR-R-NR wires are mostly used in some tanks where using only resistance wire, like kanthal, is not the possibility, like Atmistique Diver, a rebuildable cartomizer made mostly for Billet Box, but can be used with carto tanks also.
G-Plat is overpriced, so-called 'better' resistance wire but in reality it is just overpriced 316L Cold Drawn wire, e.g. normal 316L stainless steel wire, which costs a fraction of G-Plat's cost.
All in all, best way to coil in my opinion is to use Kanthal from a reputable vendor, like The Crazy Wire Company or any other company, some people prefer to order kanthal in spools from Tesco.
Silver and Nickel, also known as NI200 for the nickel wire are both no-resistance wires, e.g. they have extremely low resistance and should only be used together with a DNA40 mod for NI200 only, not silver. Silver wire is used to create NR-R-NR wires, e.g. make 'legs' to a resistance wire using wire welder which uses high current in short bursts to weld together 2 parts of wires, NR-R-NR wires are mostly used in some tanks where using only resistance wire, like kanthal, is not the possibility, like Atmistique Diver, a rebuildable cartomizer made mostly for Billet Box, but can be used with carto tanks also.
G-Plat is overpriced, so-called 'better' resistance wire but in reality it is just overpriced 316L Cold Drawn wire, e.g. normal 316L stainless steel wire, which costs a fraction of G-Plat's cost.
All in all, best way to coil in my opinion is to use Kanthal from a reputable vendor, like The Crazy Wire Company or any other company, some people prefer to order kanthal in spools from Tesco.
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