Help!

[Frederick Hew]

Guys, i have two wire with me that is nichrome and kanthal...but i messed up while cleaning my table and now i don't know which is which...is there anyway to differentiate it??

 

[HazyShades]

Guys, i have two wire with me that is nichrome and kanthal...but i messed up while cleaning my table and now i don't know which is which...is there anyway to differentiate it??

Yes. Generally nichrome is stiffer & holds it's shape better than kanthal.
Where with kanthal you have to fire a coil to get it to stay tight nichrome will hold w/o firing it.
That's the reason it's easier to work with than kanthal, though I've had no problems with either.

 

[Frederick Hew]

Yes. Generally nichrome is stiffer & holds it's shape better than kanthal.
Where with kanthal you have to fire a coil to get it to stay tight nichrome will hold w/o firing it.
That's the reason it's easier to work with than kanthal, though I've had no problems with either.

Alright man, thank you so much! Appreciated

 

[HazyShades]

Alright man, thank you so much! Appreciated

Cool. You're welcome. Tidy up. man
What I do is put the pieces in a dish or jar lid to keep track of what's what.
Have Phun.
Hazy

 

[Ou2mame]

Kanthal is magnetic, nichrome isn't.

 

[Frederick Hew]

Kanthal is magnetic, nichrome isn't.

Oh really?! I'm gonna try it out!

 

[Paul lamb]

Kanthal is magnetic, nichrome isn't.

???

 

[Paul lamb]

Exactly

My ni200 is magnetic mate?

 

[Paul lamb]

You could always make a micro coil and see which has the lowest resistance ie ni200 does

 

[Frederick Hew]

You could always make a micro coil and see which has the lowest resistance ie ni200 does

Yeap i know that is 1 of the way to find out but i just want to coil my kanthal, lol

 

[sacullen]

My ni200 is magnetic mate?

Nichrome and ni200 aren't the same. Nichrome is a nickel-chromium alloy.