Wire terms

[shimigg]

Hi,
I know my way with gauges, but recently I got a premade coil, in the coil description it says 0.3*0.8mm flat kanthal a1 wire, what does the 0.3*0.8 mean?

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[shimigg]

This is the wire I'm talking about, I wanna know the meaning so I can calc it on steam engine before building

$2.51 Free Shipping Authentic VapeThink Kanthal A1 Clapton Heating Wire for RBA Atomizers (10-Pack) (Kanthal A1 (alien), 32 AWG, 0.3*0.8mm,10-Pack) at m.FastTech.com

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[fratervapor]

On that page it says:

• Inner flat wire thickness: 0.3mm
• Inner flat wire width: 0.8mm
• Outer wire diameter: 0.2mm (32 AWG)

 

[shimigg]

How can I convert the thickness and width to awg?

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[Izan]

smarter NOT harder.

cheers
I

 

[shimigg]

That's what I needed, thanks

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[Verb]

One of my favorite wires to work with is .3mmX.9mm N80 and has about the same resistance as 23g round. I would guess .3mmX.8mm is near the resistance of 24g round.