Well H is for heads, can't post here what the D is for.DH's posting in the FT forum? I'm not up to speed on today's, or yesterday's shorthand...
The USS New Jersey is berthed over in Camden, yeah one of the armpit cities, and only about a half hour from me. We've been there and toured the whole ship. Massive is an understatement! They have a shell sitting on deck and I took a picture with Mrs. Awsum standing next to it. She's only 5'4" and the shell is taller than she is. What's amazing is that they could fire that 2500 pound, explosive, shell 20+ miles and hit within about 30' of the aim point...all with out a computer, laser or GPS guidance and on a ship bouncing around in the ocean. Imagine an explosive Volkswagon Beetle coming in at you at about 2500 feet per second!
The Intrepid tour, up in NYC, was awe inspiring as well. The descriptions of battle and what happened when a kamazee hit the deck and penetrated all the way down into the hanger deck made it easy to understand the heroism of the crews. Throw in all the hardware up on the flight deck and the price of admission is a steal. Remember the scene in "Hunt For Red October" in the Captain's quarters? What a day dream. There's just no way it is that spacious, and swank, even in an Enterprise or higher class carrier.
I understand what you mean about liking nickel because it works for you, Willie. I use Ti 'cuz it works for me. Mrs. Awsum likes SS430 even with the problems that SS430 gives. Whatever works for you is the best, without a doubt, because it keeps you off tobacco.
The Intrepid tour, up in NYC, was awe inspiring as well. The descriptions of battle and what happened when a kamazee hit the deck and penetrated all the way down into the hanger deck made it easy to understand the heroism of the crews. Throw in all the hardware up on the flight deck and the price of admission is a steal. Remember the scene in "Hunt For Red October" in the Captain's quarters? What a day dream. There's just no way it is that spacious, and swank, even in an Enterprise or higher class carrier.
I understand what you mean about liking nickel because it works for you, Willie. I use Ti 'cuz it works for me. Mrs. Awsum likes SS430 even with the problems that SS430 gives. Whatever works for you is the best, without a doubt, because it keeps you off tobacco.
The 30mm Plus is very similar, it has a 10mil capacity! Sits nice on the ERM+
A bit of an update on the work mods. I fully charged them last night & switched the batteries from one mod to the other. This morning they are down 4% battery life, both of them are draining consistent now. I will keep monitoring them for the next while, I guess loosing a few percentage points a day isn't that bad, as long as there is no drastic drop off all at once.
The lipo's do look a bit puffy
Will have to change them in the spring before going back to work. When I was shopping for lipo's for the ERM+, I looked for the higher reputation more expensive battery, this time I went with a more bargain choice! I have to say the "better" battery in the ERM+'s gave Me way better millage over all! A lesson was learned! & I will order the "Maxamps" for the work mods in the Spring 
TCR is so low, I'm surprised it works at all, which of course it didn't on the DNA40.
I suppose people like it because it can be dry-burned..?
"Nickle is fickle while titanium is nuppin' but tasty."
NiFe is a good alternative, high TCR and can be dry burned.
70% Ni
NiFe30
52% Ni
NiFe48
48% Ni
NiFe52
Awesome retailer with fast and inexpensive shipping.
I see they have a flat wire NiFe48 but it's only 0.1mm thick. I really like their 0.8mm x 0.2mm V4A (SS316L) and my next order will have some 0.8mm x 0.3mm in it.
70% Ni
NiFe30
52% Ni
NiFe48
48% Ni
NiFe52
Awesome retailer with fast and inexpensive shipping.
I see they have a flat wire NiFe48 but it's only 0.1mm thick. I really like their 0.8mm x 0.2mm V4A (SS316L) and my next order will have some 0.8mm x 0.3mm in it.
Since Zivipf carries a lot of ribbon, it might be time to dig out the old gennies and see how they fare under TC.
then again, probably not...
then again, probably not...
NiFe is a good alternative, high TCR and can be dry burned.
70% Ni
NiFe30
52% Ni
NiFe48
48% Ni
NiFe52
Awesome retailer with fast and inexpensive shipping.
I see they have a flat wire NiFe48 but it's only 0.1mm thick. I really like their 0.8mm x 0.2mm V4A (SS316L) and my next order will have some 0.8mm x 0.3mm in it.
So you use this? it's an alloy? FE is iron? so it's nickel & iron alloy?
iron is very prone to oxidization, does it rust?
Whats the difference between the different percentages?
Is it springy? Do you have to torch or straighten it? What wire is comparable for stifnes?
i'd like to try it, but I'm stocked up for ever with Ti.
I put 2 rolls one 24 & one 30 to make Clapton wire in my cart/basket it comes out to about $50 our money before shipping
I'm afraid if I buy it I will not like it & waste my $50 This alloy has me thinking, has anyone tried to use Ni & kanthol or Nichrome twisted or Claptoned? would that work in TC?
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I use twisted kanthal/nickel often, it works really well. My favorite is 30g for both. I've been meaning to work on a custom curve for ages but never seem to get around to it. I just set temp to taste......
Ok, just for fun I made a fused clapton from 2 by 28 gauge tempered Ni (stealth vape) wrapped in 28 gauge kanthol! I went to Steam engine & made a custom clapton csv file, with all the correct coil materials I used. I did 4 wraps at 3mm ID it Ohms out @ .04
To my surprise it's working well in TC, with the steam engine csv file I put the coil in a dripper just for testing purpose, it's not falling out of TC! it also didn't burn the wick as I vaped the dripper dry
The outer kanthol wrap has made the coil a lot more ridged, wicking it was very easy
No foul taste no break in time, it reminds me of a plain Ni build (clean)
I'm going to keep testing this combination, We mite be on to some thing
Thanks @laurie9300
To my surprise it's working well in TC, with the steam engine csv file
I put the coil in a dripper just for testing purpose, it's not falling out of TC! it also didn't burn the wick as I vaped the dripper dry The outer kanthol wrap has made the coil a lot more ridged, wicking it was very easy
No foul taste no break in time, it reminds me of a plain Ni build
(clean)I'm going to keep testing this combination, We mite be on to some thing
Thanks @laurie9300
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Back when TC first came out I was twisting Kanthal & Nickel. Curve is simple to make in Excel if you have the properties of the wires you are twisting.
Does the wire wizard on Steam Engine do the same thing? If you choose the clapton option you can choose the cores & wrap material, very specifically. Wire wizard | Steam Engine | free vaping calculators
I'm pretty sure that zivipf nife48 is actually nife52 alloy but they list the iron content in the description instead of the nickel content. Last time I checked steamengine didn't have a .csv for nife48. The csv for nife52 works great for zivipf nife48.
So you use this? it's an alloy? FE is iron? so it's nickel & iron alloy?
iron is very prone to oxidization, does it rust?
Whats the difference between the different percentages?
Is it springy? Do you have to torch or straighten it? What wire is comparable for stifnes?
i'd like to try it, but I'm stocked up for ever with Ti.
I put 2 rolls one 24 & one 30 to make Clapton wire in my cart/basket it comes out to about $50 our money before shipping
I like it. I have it in my Aroma V1/dna75 combo next to me right now. I vape 3-4 ml through it every evening and I'm on my second set of coils in two years! It winds good, not springy. I've never noticed any rusting. I can't taste differences in most wire so I can't comment on that. It's just as stable in TC as Ti but dry burns wonderfully. I wouldn't say it's better than Ti unless your one of those peeps who likes to dry burn coils but won't dry burn Ti for whatever reason.
The following specs are for 30g wire:
(Nifethal52)
Resistance 0.494 Ω
Resistivity 7.24 Ω/m
TCR in vaping range 4036 ×10-6
TC precision 1992
Heat flux per Watt 18.32 mW/mm²
Heat capacity 14.27 mJ/K
Current per Volt 2.03 A
Power dissipated 100.00 %
(Titanium1)
Resistance 0.627 Ω
Resistivity 9.20 Ω/m
TCR in vaping range 3660 ×10-6
TC precision 2295
Heat flux per Watt 18.32 mW/mm²
Heat capacity 8.06 mJ/K
Current per Volt 1.59 A
Power dissipated 100.00 %
zivipf.com lists Nife48 as having 52% Ni and Nife52 as having 48% Ni, They use to only carry the 48. This was confusing before, now I'm really confused. Crazywire sells both also.
Now they list the Ni content w/Fe remaining.
I've been reading about stuff being found vaping like lead and so on, started thinking "what's the housings of those popular drop in coils made from these days". Kanger Subtank housings were nickel plated brass, let me check one here for the Aspire Breeze 2, it appears to be brass.....let me check with a file....well, not sure but it's yellow.
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