Kanthal wire thickness

[Mysterious cloud]

Hey guys im puffing on a kanger evod 1000 mah with a 1.8 ohm coil and ekowool 2mm wick. The 1.8 that came in my evod was killer but my 1.8 i made takes longer for the coil to glow orange. What gives what size wire does kanger use in there coils because i have .30 and .32 and neither one heats as fast as the stock one?

 

[Mysterious cloud]

Bumpity bump bumpy

 

[Ryedan]

I don't know what gauge wire is used in Evod 1.8's. What you could do is measure the diameter of some old wire from it with a vernier caliper and compare to the data on gauge sizes from Wikipedia.

Or maybe someone else knows and sees this thread

 

[DaveP]

I use 5 wraps of 32 gauge on a doubled 2mm silica wick to create a coil that runs a little over 2 ohms. I usually cut a length that my meter says is 1.5 ohms and by the time I wrap and cut off the ends after install the plugs, it usually reads about 2.0 to 2.2. Repetition will get you where you want to be. It's mostly trial and error (or success).

 

[AttyPops]

Someone (I think it was TomCatt) measured a stock coil from something and found 34 ga wire. But depending on make/model/day-of-week and possibly your astrological sign, the gauge used could vary between runs.

Basically, the lower the ga, the thicker the wire, the longer the coil needs to be for a given ohms, and the more the heat gets spread as well as more watts needed to heat it to glowing.

That's why the SLR people are using mechs, heating coat-hanger sized Kanthal and require 30 watts. (I exaggerate, but not by much).

Turn it up or lower the ohms slightly or use thinner wire.

 

[Vaslovik]

Try 26 ga. kanthal, you will love it.

 

[DaveP]

Then there are other parameters to be considered. juice generally feeds into a coil from the outer ends. Coil placement that is split to put each half of the coils toward the outside helps to avoid the center, which may be a drier spot.