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Impossible to predict. Depends what's in your juice, how well it wicks, how your airflow is, how much power you're putting into that coil, etc, etc.
Also, the coil itself may last through a fair number of cleaning and re-wicking cycles.
"Forever" is a really long time. About 6 months is the longest I've made in on a daily use coil before I decided that it was no longer acceptable after cleaning it and viewing it under some magnification.
The calcium, phosphorus, silicon, magnesium, and sodium that look like "poorly sintered ceramic" did not come from the wire.
A big variable is your juice. Do you use dark or sweet flavors? That will gunk things up quicker than clear, unflavored.
Might want to consider checking at once a week perhaps, to see what shape it's in, clean and re-wick, and see how it goes from there.
I noticed that my resistance tries as the coil gets gunky. I just dry burn and rewick
I've had fused claptons last me longer than that. The key (to me) is to clean them as soon as I finish using them. If I leave them with juice on a shelf, it'll rust and probably ruin the atty too. Since I rotate between attys, the first build must as well be the last. My atty average usage is 8 months, generally after that something new comes along.
I usually run 30 to 60 ml before rewicking. I wash them on an ultrasonic cleaner, twice at least, dry burning in between.
Once I learned what Kanthal is I only build on SS. I think that's because my coils last so long too. SS does rust eventually.
Hmm, the only thing that's in Kanthal that isn't in SS is few percent of Aluminum. Why does this bother you?
Chromium leeches. Yes, a little is not bad, but how much does each brand have? and as for aluminum, unless you scrape it you won't get much. Much more dangerous in cookware. SS is simpler, safer, works in power and TC and is widely available around the world. Remember I don't live in America...
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