Ni200 nickel helix coil

[Jaycollette]

For those of you, like me, who have hated the consistency and vape quality of temperature control builds.... Look no further. I've expiremented greatly with every type of coil I could think of and this works the best! It's 2 strands of 26g kanthal twisted. And 2 strands of 30g ni200 helixed into the spaces. A temperature control reading helix wire! Same great flavor as the kanthal versions, but with the ability to not get a dry hit.

Voila! Wrapping needs work but man does this ACTUALLY give me a satisfying vape with nickel! Follow me on Instagram for more builds to come.
@Jaycollette

 

[suprtrkr]

Nice! I'll have a smack at it.

 

[Jaycollette]

Nice! I'll have a smack at it.

I plan for tonight to make a fused Clapton with nickel wire. Gonna do 3 strands but the central strand will be kanthal. So 30g ni200 - 24g kanthal - 30g ni200 then wrapped with 32g kanthal. Gonna be fun! We're in unexplored territory here haha

 

[JamesCox93]

impressive

 

[Wolfenstark]

I have 26g kanthal and 30g Ni200.
Waiting on temp mod to be built.

 

[Jaycollette]

I have 26g kanthal and 30g Ni200.
Waiting on temp mod to be built.

My steps to build the helix are as follows :
Pull 1 long piece of kanthal out and twist the ends.
Then put into drill and twist tight but with some room still left in the twists.
Then I hook the ni200 into the drill as well and feed it into the empty slot of the twists.
Insert second piece of ni200 into drill and twist it into the empty slots of the twists.
When it's all done you should then hold the end of the wire and twist the entire wire until it breaks at one end.

Now I haven't tested whether contact coils will work with this but I will see when I get out of work 5 wraps around a 2.4mm screwdriver puts the ohms at .09 at rest. Which imo is perfect for the show wolf tc chip

 

[Alien Traveler]

What is kanthal for?

 

[Jaycollette]

What is kanthal for?

To keep the ni200 from touching itself, to keep the wire rigid, and also to provide more of a heat sink/surface area for juice to get in and heat for longer before tc sets in also having more twisted wire will allow your coil to wick more juice which will increase flavor produced. If you were to use 4 pieces of ni200 then the resistance would be far too low. It would work though since twisting ni200 tight enough fools the tc chip into thinking it's just 1 wire, not 4 touching.

 

[Jaycollette]

To keep the ni200 from touching itself, to keep the wire rigid, and also to provide more of a heat sink/surface area for juice to get in and heat for longer before tc sets in also having more twisted wire will allow your coil to wick more juice which will increase flavor produced. If you were to use 4 pieces of ni200 then the resistance would be far too low. It would work though since twisting ni200 tight enough fools the tc chip into thinking it's just 1 wire, not 4 touching.

24g ni200 wrapped with 32g kanthal. 8 wraps coming out to .07ohms

 

[Jaycollette]

Here's a complicated one but it works, and works great. What you'll need:
1 strand of 26g nichrome 80
3 strands of 26g ni200
3 strands of 32-36g kanthal

So the process is to fuse a pice of ni200 with a piece of ni80 using 2 strands of kanthal at once. Once the whole wire is done, tie one of the leads of the 32-36g around a weight of some kind, and let it hang. Then hold the end of the fused wire in your hand while you spin the drill in the same direction that you fused in. This should remove one of the two strands you used to fuse the wire. Then put a strand of ni200 on each side of the fused wire, and stick all 3 into your drill. Proceed to fill the gaps left from the removed piece of 32-36g with another piece of 32-36g. This will completely fill in the central wire, while fusing the entire thing together. I messed up in the beginning but then hit my groove. Make sure to take it slow until you find the rhythm