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Hey friends at ECF.

I've got another "noob'ish" question about coils and coil building. I started vaping roughly 7 weeks ago; been building my own coils since week 2. I can build comfortably with 28AWG in around .9-1.2 with my eyes closed on various different bits and jigs.

I was bouncing around the internets and bought a pile of various AWG Kanthal. 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32. Hundreds of feet of this. Lol. Got it for what I pay locally for 20 feet of 28. And having 100 feet of what I like to work with, it was a no brainer.

My question is. 22 and 24 are stupid thick. Are there builds you guys have done in around .8-1.2 with it? If so, how many wraps and over what? I can dual-quad coil on my drippers. But my Kayfun and Kangers are probably useless for builds with this gauge. Either way... I just don't want this wire to go to waste. I'll hang my wife pictures with it, if I don't vape with it.

I have a 30W regulated Mod as well as a couple 26650 mech mods. I want to stay well within my safety zones. my batteries (26650) are 32A/64A peak. So I've got some headroom.

Oh, if it makes a difference. I usually wick with organic cotton ball in the drippers and japanese cotton in my K's.
I don't know if I should toss out more info. I use an ohm meter (not an ecig one, a traditional ohm meter. [My runout is 0.2] and I use my regulated mod to double check.)

Thanks, Boom_
 

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Hey friends at ECF.
My question is. 22 and 24 are stupid thick. Are there builds you guys have done in around .8-1.2 with it?
No. I'm not aware of any atomizer that will contain the 17+ (wraps single coil), 30+ wraps (dual parallel coils) of 22 gauge it would take to achieve that high a resistance.
If you keep the diameter (coil ID) fairly large, say around 3mm... you might get 24 gauge to fit at 1.0Ω+/-.

Understand this.... when using thicker wire, for a given resistance, a higher wattage is required to obtain the same "heat flux" (coil radiant heat/temperature) as that generated by a thinner gauge.
Thicker wire (again for a given resistance) also has a slower "heat capacity" (time to temperature) than a thinner gauge.


Thanks, Boom_
Click the first sigline hyperlink below. Using the coil modeling program, Steam Engine, will provide you with the necessary knowledge to mock-up and understand the characteristics of practically any coil build, including optimization for wattage applied.
 
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