What's your favorite wire for building coils?

Pro_Vapes · February 21, 2015, 4:47am

OK, Thanks.

Pro_Vapes · February 21, 2015, 4:50am

I read on ECF that It’s only a problem at the melting point. Vaping doesn’t get hot enough to give of fumes.

Pro_Vapes · February 21, 2015, 4:57am

Real cheap on Amazon. They have several gauges and brands. I got TemCo.100 ft 24G for $10.

http://www.amazon.com/Genuine-AtomizerWick-Nichrome-Gauge-Resistance/dp/B00TKV8ZRK/ref=sr_1_18?s=industrial&ie=UTF8&qid=1424494536&sr=1-18&keywords=nichrome+80

Ken_O_Where · February 21, 2015, 5:00am

Ive read the same. Consider welders for a moment. Do you know how much of this stuff they inhale? Its a lot thats for sure. I welded daily for years and still do from time to time which is why i had no problem using it when i found out what type of metal it was.

Pro_Vapes · February 21, 2015, 5:44am

I have some ribbon wire in my stash but haven’t use it yet. Any suggestions on a build.?

Ken_O_Where · February 21, 2015, 5:47am

I keep forgetting to get some and try it. If you do some builds please let us know, seems like it would be a little more difficult to build with.

jzerba2013 · February 21, 2015, 6:31am

Look up RipTrippers on youtube or twisted messes, they have both built with ribbon wire but I’m not sure what the coil was called.

Pro_Vapes · February 21, 2015, 10:43am

Thanx, I’ll check it out.

jzerba2013 · February 21, 2015, 11:05am

No problem, Twisted messes has built with just about every type of wire I think. He does some crazy builds Fun to just watch him sometimes.

diy_noob · February 21, 2015, 7:12pm

I concur, he is hands down the most creative coil builder on youtube

Pro_Vapes · February 22, 2015, 2:29pm

I finally got some use out of my ribbon wire. I took jzerba2013 advice and checked out a twisted messes video and built a Tiger coil. It came out pretty good for the my 1st try. Here’s a couple pics.
Dual Coil 9 wraps 24G Nicrhrome & .4ml Ribbon Wire on a 3mm Screwdriver. Came out at .3 ohms.

jzerba2013 · February 22, 2015, 2:53pm

Very nice! I’ve seen the build for that one and it looked interesting. Let us know how it turns out!

daath · February 22, 2015, 3:06pm

Man, that looks slick!

Pro_Vapes · February 22, 2015, 3:15pm

Definitely my best build to date. Hits like a beast… even at low wattage.

Ken_O_Where · February 23, 2015, 12:42am

Nice, much thanks for sharing!

Pro_Vapes · February 23, 2015, 12:37pm

I tried another new build called the Infiniti Coil.

Pro_Vapes · February 27, 2015, 10:04am

I got the wire in today. I figured the length of 2 lbs. 24 Gauge ER316L Welding Wire.
It weigh .74 grams per foot.
2 lbs. = 907.185 grams / .74 grams = 1225.926 ft.
That’s a lot of coils.

daath · February 27, 2015, 11:13am

Daaaaamn!

Ken_O_Where · February 27, 2015, 5:59pm

ROFL! Well you wont be running out anytime soon! I just got a couple more small rolls from amazon because i keep giving it away. Think ive sent out 10 or so envelopes and 50 feet at my local B&M.

Highcountry · February 27, 2015, 6:45pm

Whew!!! Yes Sir that’s alot of coils,LOL. Thanks for doing the math for me, I was wondering myself.