wire Guage?

[cte72]

My question is does anyone know what Guage kanthal wire to buy to get me down to a .2, .3 range?

 

[Douggro]

Suggest you try the Steam Engine Coil Calculator to get some ideas. Set your target resistance, wire type and coil diameter and start playing.

 

[Thrasher]

Anyone see where I parked the car? Its the white one with 4 wheels.

Doesnt help very much does it?.

As said you need to know the size of the coils, gauge you want to use, number of wraps, what kind of power you want to run it with etc..

Steam engine, as mentioned is a good coil builder.

 

[93gc40]

How hot do you want this coil to be? You planning a single coil or more than 1? Single coil I'd say 20-24, for multiple coils or twisted/parallel ect. anything smaller.

 

[cte72]

Thank you 93gc40.thats the answer I was looking for instead of sarcasm! I appreciate your understanding of my question. I know there are apps for that kind of thing, I was just looking for a simple answer

 

[93gc40]

Thank you 93gc40.thats the answer I was looking for instead of sarcasm! I appreciate your understanding of my question. I know there are apps for that kind of thing, I was just looking for a simple answer

There is no simple answer. I was nice only because Thrasher beat me to the Car question. Fact is I can make you a .2-.3ohm coil from almost any wire you hand me. 1 wrap of 32 on a 1/16" id will give you .3ohm, Of course it would result in smoke not vapor, but it would be a .3ohm coil.

Take the steam-engine suggestion. Learn about things like Heat Flux and Capacity, they are what will really determine the correct wire. Read the blogs by StateOflux and baditude and mooch and a few others.

 

[sonicbomb]

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For that resistance range 24 guage would probably be best