arrowcrest
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Is there a twisted coil chart calculator around?
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Click the first sigline hyperlink... Steam Engine can be set for up to four strands and the twist pitch (tightness) of strands.
arrowcrest
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Thank You for the site , but I couldn't figure out where to put in for 2 twisted wires.
Change the Round (next to the Material) to Round, twisted/parallel in the drop down menu. Adjust twist, enter number of strands.
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Neuner' had that one by the short and curlies... and I suggest you click my second sigline, for my Steam Engine advanced user guide.
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Sorry! I was tapping my keyboard on my iPad as fast as I could, in order to beat you to a reply.
Aw thank you for the 2nd link somewhat new to building coils.
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Yep... I'm kinda devious like that. The second thing... being a guide on how to get the most from the first thing.
well i was looking into the Heat flux per Watt and heat capacity on wire wizardYep... I'm kinda devious like that. The second thing... being a guide on how to get the most from the first thing.
trying to find the sweet spot
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Heat flux as an expression of applied wattage has a great number of mechanical variables... and frequently electrical ones as well. I wish there was a simple, default constant calculation... but were there such a calculation, simple it would not be.
"Sweet spots" are hugely subjective. One guy wants a "cool vape"... perhaps in the sub 150 mW/mm² range, while another gal wants a HOT 400 plus mW/mm². More often than not... neither know what their numbers are, or how they relate. My personal heat flux values tend to be a variable based on the entire kit... both atomizer and mod available wattage. For many, available vape "time" is an important value.
My suggestion to new Steam Engine users (or other programs where HF is represented), is to insert the values for an already existing build that you are really fond of. You may need to take into account the atomizers air flow, physical elements, materials and drip tip type as well, if you run a variety of atomizers.
Anyway... once you have the HF, HC and leg loss values for your favorite build, you can build to that value set, or go up or down from there to see if both objective and subjective improvements can be made.
When I say both objective and subjective... you may find that your favorite build isn't all that efficient, or effective. The most common culprit is the wrong wire gauge... thicker wire must be better, right? Nope... more often than not, thicker wire may be contributing to gross inefficiencies.
With a regulated VW mod, you can, to a degree offset a functionally decent (and occasionally, even a less than decent) build, but... with an unregulated mod, you must consider the Ohm's law available output values - along with the continuously depleting values as the battery discharges - and fine tune or "optimize" all aspects of the build to take best advantage of that fixed and declining output.
Sorry... I get carried away with complicated responses to otherwise simple comments.
