leg length total per coil?

[nedwood]

I'm starting to build coils soon, my stuff will get here Thursday, gonna be building on the clieto rta, just on the steam engine coil calculator what does it mean by leg length total per coil?

 

[Chuck64]

I'm in the same position and wondered about that very thing last night.

 

[nedwood]

I thought it was the bit you cut off once the coil is in place?

 

[Eskie]

It's supposed to be the length of coil between the posts and the actual coil (the straight wire holding the coil). I guess it's referred to as legs at they hold the coil up.

 

[nedwood]

It's supposed to be the length of coil between the posts and the actual coil (the straight wire holding the coil). I guess it's referred to as legs at they hold the coil up.

How do you measure that or don't ir really matter that much

 

[Eskie]

It really isn't a big deal. Besides, you're going to be checking your resistance anyway, and if you're 0.07 ohms off it's not going to change much.

 

[DaveP]

The total length of the wire used to make the coil determines the resistance. All wire has some level of resistance per mm or inch. In addition to the coil itself there's more wire in the legs that connect the coil to the atomizer screws. That adds a minute amount of resistance to the overall ohm rating of the coil. The coil winder algorithms are just taking the entire length of the wire into context to more accurately calculate the total resistance. It won't be much but it can be the same as adding an additional turn or two to the coil.

I leave mine at the standard 5mm setting that's included in the coil winder calculation. That accounts for 2.5mm legs on each side of the coil going to the screws. Depending on whether you orient the coil parallel or at right angles to the posts, there might be more than 2.5mm on each leg.

 

[Tonkpils]

Found this if you're more of a visual learner

 

[DavidOck]

Well covered already.

And it will vary depending on the particular atty.

DaveP's suggestion to just leave it at the default 5mm is a reasonable approach, you'll be pretty close. Then adjust as needed in the future to get closer, if needed