the René 41 thread . . . . . . .well . . . . . .wire . . . . . . . . wire thread?

[pdib]

OK, thanks XObox! It's a bit much, compared to 0.5Ω on a single coil (26 Nichrome). But its worth keeping in there for the work day tomorrow! Heavy & whatnot; but the airflow is good enough. It seems to heat up fast enough, too. A solid 6 wraps of twisted 27g René 41 on a 16 gauge needle (from Supe, = .066") is netting me 0.5Ω. Gonna vape it some more and see how it settles in!








I know its not twisted as hard as some I've seen. don't know if I care. pro'ly will care if I do more of them.

 

[Xobeloot]

the tightness of the twist is personal preference really. tighter twist = more wire in a smaller area = more resist. May be counterproductive to your endstate to go any tighter unless you go tighter and drop a wrap.

Looks good man!

I dumped my crown of thorns for my wonky fingers in the crack coil

 

[Alexander Mundy]

Ok Monkey & Bee I'm taking the plunge.

"Confirmation of your order of Rene 41 resistance wire .014" 27ga, 20 ft, superalloy ultimate hot wire cutting..."

Will report after it is received and installed.

(Don't tell the wife --- she is out of town on business till Sunday night)

 

[Xobeloot]

Don't tell the wife what?

 

[pdib]

Ok Monkey & Bee I'm taking the plunge.

"Confirmation of your order of Rene 41 resistance wire .014" 27ga, 20 ft, superalloy ultimate hot wire cutting..."

Will report after it is received and installed.

(Don't tell the wife --- she is out of town on business till Sunday night)

very cool, solomonGrundy!


probably thought I was gonna say AlexanderMundy ↑ there . . .. well I thought you were gonna say "REO" ↑↑ there

 

[pdib]

Everybody should buy (from now on) from Jacob's, and add a comment that you're vapin' it. Maybe we can nudge him towards investing in some other gauges.




just a thought ↑ . . . his prices are same/better than what I've seen on E-bay and such.

Jacobs Online Nichrome & Rene 41 Wire

 

[Xobeloot]

word. i'll be ordering more for sure. How far is his shop from you? He is in WA as well, no?

 

[pdib]

Yeah, he's in Eastern Wa. Yakima? methinks. That's like an 8 hour drive.


ETA: just checked, Yakima + 5 mi.

ETA: just checked the real time thing . . . .2.5 hrs (should I drive out there and get y'all somefin'?

 

[Xobeloot]

Other than my 30g kanthal for my VV, I havent touched any other wire since getting the R41... my nichrome is lonely.

 

[pdib]

You could try stretching this stuff until you get to 30gStation

 

[pdib]

I just figured out why your "crown of thorns" is called that, and why its biting my tongue. Its not so much spitting . . . as it is "lobbing" dollops of hot juice onto said organ. Must try a longer (normal) drip tip.

 

[Xobeloot]

yes... that! Not much stretching going on in this stuff!

 

[pdib]

ummmmm, huh?

 

[Jeremy Evans]

Thank you Jeremy E. (2X 5 wraps of René 27 would put me at 2.5Ω . . .. . eek). I've done 2x 10 wraps (parallel dual, single wick) for .5Ω and it was just too crowded in there.
.

Maybe try upping the ID closer to 2mm and go from there. I'm just spitballing bc my R41 hasn't arrived yet.

 

[pdib]

Maybe try upping the ID closer to 2mm and go from there. I'm just spitballing bc my R41 hasn't arrived yet.

oh, look. I said 2.5 . . . I meant 0.25Ω. So, the "crown of thorns" on the ~1.7mm ID is working pretty good.



OW! . . . . . .. .spitball

 

[KwhyLE]

Just got home to find something from dib-ster. Thanks Dibby! How many wraps on 1/16" for about .8Ω?

 

[Jeremy Evans]

Lol I didn't even catch that when I quoted it. I knew what you meant

 

[pdib]

Just got home to find something from dib-ster. Thanks Dibby! How many wraps on 1/16" for about .8Ω?

8 . . . it seems to pretty much = #wraps (on 1.5-1.6mm ID)


so 6 wraps is .6Ω . . .. 9 wraps is .9Ω . . . .etc.


enjoy, young video star.

 

[gmb225]

So, unanswered questions . . . SLR, REO Grand v-drop and collapsing springs . . . . the spring collapses if/when your battery gets too hot. So, if you're using an appropriate battery (one with some hair on it's b-lls), no worries. I haven't gone below 0.4Ω; but that works fine. V-drop is typical. It's been measured at .62 and .66 volts on a .6Ω coil. I vape a 0.5Ω micro as my ADV on the Grand. (if the v-drop bothered me, I'd skip a wrap).

XObox answered the Silense/28g question. No need to buy another gauge.

Thank you Jeremy E. (2X 5 wraps of René 27 would put me at 0.25Ω . . .. . eek). I've done 2x 10 wraps (parallel dual, single wick) for .5Ω and it was just too crowded in there.

XObox . .. on your .7Ω crown of thorns, what ID did you wrap? I wanna try a .5Ω version.

thanks so much for the answer. tells me im doing fine at .4v drop across 1ohm.

 

[Alexander Mundy]

thanks so much for the answer. tells me im doing fine at .4v drop across 1ohm.

Also, don't forget that a good part of that voltage drop is from internal resistance of the battery.
People seem to neglect that when they talk about voltage drop this and voltage drop that.