Temco has Kanthal Ribbon (Pre-Order)

[Satava]

Resistance Wire

Yay!

It is a pre-order, scheduled shipping is in July.

Note: The link will only show 25-50ft spools, they have bigger ones.

Three cheers for domestic suppliers!

 

[lamarrk]

Resistance Wire

Yay!

It is a pre-order, scheduled shipping is in July.

Note: The link will only show 25-50ft spools, they have bigger ones.

Three cheers for domestic suppliers!

Thanks for the heads up. Just ordered some.

 

[wyetterp]

Good to see. I've had really good experiences ordering straight from tempco. You can tell they want our business.

 

[littlewing6283]

which resistance do you folks reccomend ?

 

[grainey1968]

Just ordered. 9 to 10 week delivery. Hope I don't run out before then!!

 

[grainey1968]

I prefer the 0.5 X 0.1 ribbon. Seems to work best of both my mechanical and variable mod setups!

which resistance do you folks reccomend ?

 

[Jeremy Evans]

Just ordered. 9 to 10 week delivery. Hope I don't run out before then!!

Wow and I thought my 2-4 wks was bad for 100ft of 30 gauge

 

[Satava]

Wow and I thought my 2-4 wks was bad for 100ft of 30 gauge

Yeah I was kind of sad about some of the wait times on orders lately. I guess we rebuildable addicts have been buying out their supply eh?

 

[DrewGrimey]

What is the benefit of Kanthal ribbon over regular kanthal? and what size of the flat ribbon is equivalent to 32awg?

 

[Wow1420]

What is the benefit of Kanthal ribbon over regular kanthal? and what size of the flat ribbon is equivalent to 32awg?

I'd also like to know about the size. I don't do really low ohms, I've used 32, 33 or 34 gauge for 2.0 to 2.5 ohms.

32 gauge round Resistance (ohms per ft @ 68 deg F) 13.1
31 gauge round Resistance (ohms per ft @ 68 deg F) 10.6
.4mm ribbon Resistance (ohms per ft @ 68 deg F) 11.4
.5mm ribbon Resistance (ohms per ft @ 68 deg F) 9.2

So would .4mm be OK?

What I've read is the flat ribbon has more surface area so there's more liquid contact.

 

[Satava]

What is the benefit of Kanthal ribbon over regular kanthal? and what size of the flat ribbon is equivalent to 32awg?

More surface area contacting the wick means more vapor production and less wasted heat.

0.4 will be a close match to 32awg but I'd go with 0.5 and toss an extra wrap on there to match the resistance you're shooting for.

I personally use 0.5x0.1 on my variable and 0.8x0.1 on my mechanical. It's all a matter of preference.

 

[Jimi D.]

I placed an order. .4 mm for my VV's and .9 mm for my Mechs

 

[Thraizer]

Hmm! might have to try the ribbon wires. So the higher the number, the wider/thicker the wire? like for example 0.8x0.1mm... 0.8 is the width of the wire, but whats the 0.1mm? thickness of the wire?

 

[Jimi D.]

Hmm! might have to try the ribbon wires. So the higher the number, the wider/thicker the wire? like for example 0.8x0.1mm... 0.8 is the width of the wire, but whats the 0.1mm? thickness of the wire?

Yes, it's very thin.

 

[eratikmind]

Thank you, Satava, for the heads up.

- Andy

 

[Thraizer]

It's July! got my order today. Pretty weird looking wire, now for some experiment

 

[lynch]

Anyone try this place from ebay, free shipping kanthal ribbon wire | eBay

 

[Thrasher]

your link goes to a generic search of ebay in general - so what place?

i see temco listed several times though

ribbon is still listed as in stock on temco as of today.

 

[Jimi D.]

It's July! got my order today. Pretty weird looking wire, now for some experiment

Cool man ! That means mine will be here soon. I can't wait to setup the .9 mm in my Trident atty.

 

[Jimi D.]

I received the .6 and .7 today. I'm vaping with the .7 in this video.