Kanthal 26g vs 28g. What different ohm coils can you make with each?

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I have been vaping for a little while & am wanting to start trying to make my own coils. From what I am reading either the 26g or 28g Kanthal is what I need. I am going to be using the Subtank mini rba base. My question is - is there a range you can safely built coils with these gauges? Example 28g can you bulid 1.0-1.5 ohm coils? I went to steam-engine.org and plugged info in for different gauges, diameters & ohms. I assume when you do this & a little green flame shows up at the bottom you are good to go with that build. I assume when a red flame shows up that is not good. I plugged some info in from different builds on videos & got a little blue flame. So I don't know what that means. For example, I watched a built with 26g on a 3mm bit with 6 wraps = 1.07ohm. I put this in steam engine & this data all matched up but it showed a blue flame. So if it shows up blue or green are you good? I am going to built a single coil. Since I am new to this I didn't want to but a bunch of different gauges at first. Wanted one that is versatile but that may not be possible. I think I want to build 1.0-1.5but maybe some 0.5. Any other pertinent info you have on this subject would be appreciated. Thanks a lot!!

 

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I went to steam-engine.org and plugged info in for different gauges, diameters & ohms. I assume when you do this & a little green flame shows up at the bottom you are good to go with that build. I assume when a red flame shows up that is not good. I plugged some info in from different builds on videos & got a little blue flame. So I don't know what that means. For example, I watched a built with 26g on a 3mm bit with 6 wraps = 1.07ohm. I put this in steam engine & this data all matched up but it showed a blue flame.

28 gauge works well in the 1.0Ω ~ 1.4Ω single coil range, or half that resistance as a dual parallel. 26 and 27 gauge work nicely in the 0.5Ω ~ 0.9Ω range as singles, with similar reductions for dual parallels.

The heat flux value "flame" you see on the SE program is not necessarily everyone's preferred heat flux. Most of the builds I use, as well as most that I build for others are in the 220 ~ 350 mW/mm2 range... and that includes single coil RTAs like KFL, R91% and others of that type.

Click on the links below, to read the following articles:

2015

• Steam Engine: Basic & advanced features: Pt. One
• Steam Engine: Basic & advanced features: Pt. Two
• Sub-Ohm... what's the point?
• The practical applications of heat flux, wire gauge, parallel wire count & net resistance
• Optimizing heat flux for mech mods - chart example
• Low resistance is a byproduct, not the goal, or... more things to hurt your head.