Nichrome n80
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If your coil is tight it may have shorts between wraps - so it's resistance will be lower than resistance of wire it was made of.. You may want to dry burn it (to create thicker oxide layer), scribe it (move, slightly separate wraps) with non-conductive tool and dry burn again.
Volts aren't pushed. Current (amps) is drawn. The only thing that meaningfully impacts battery life on a VW mod is the wattage it is being used at.
It's sorcery.
The OP was asking about N80 vs KA1. The same length of N80 in the same gauge will use less power from the battery.
Nope. The current is built up in the battery. When you close a circuit, it pushes out from the source. The resistance of the wire determines how much flow there is, much the same way a faucet controls the flow of water.
No, single coils. I will try again on my dna30 tonight to verify
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The resistance pushing back against the flow of current will also effect the drain on the battery. And the medium through which the current flows determines the resistance. Current flows easier through a lower resistance circuit, letting more stored power out of the battery faster. But in vaping, the current is used to produce heat, so a medium that produces more heat from less current (i.e. Nichrome) will conserve power from the batteries. Kanthal has a higher resistance and slows the flow of current, but is also more resistant to changes in temperature. It slows the flow of current, but still takes more current to produce the same amount of heat. Then there is airflow... the more air you draw across the coil, the more power it takes to keep it hot. And the more surface area there is to the coil, the more the airflow will cool it... Some folks like a hot vape, some a cool vape. There are a plethora of different variables in vaping that determine how fast your atty uses up battery power, not just the wattage.
What gauge wire are you using?View attachment 486623
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Something like this... That's an ugly build, but it was dark in that bar and it was the best I could do with a 6 pack in me.
Then maybe your information is incorrect and instead of 28 gauge N80 maybe what you have is 24 gauge N80.
You can check a 1 foot length of your wire and see what the resistance is.
1 ft of 28 gauge N80 should be about 4 ohms.
1 ft of 24 gauge N80 should be about 1.5 ohms.
That's 24G N80 in the pic. It's my standard build for a RDA. 6 wrap duals @ 3mm. It's not a good build for a tube mech. Ohms out too low (like .22 .25 ohms). I use it for regulated mods and the big 2x26650 box in the pic.
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