i got some stainless to see how the flavor was and had a very bad time. i did the build i wanted just as ive always done with kanthal. the build was 9 wraps of 26 gauge 316 l ohms came in a .34 i then threw it on my mech mod and it vaped very well for a while the all of a sudden one of the coils just lit up and gave me a very bad vape. i pulled the cotton and re wicked it and so far it seems to be fine. is 26 gauge just too small to be putting on a series mod? and what could of caused this not enough wick? ps. when i pulled the cotton one coil was buring a little hotter than the other which i since fixed maby this was the issue? ive never had a problem like this with kanthal thanks
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SirRichardRear
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SS has a lower Resistance so you are putting more amps through it.
thats almost 25 amps and over 200 watts on a pretty basic coil build (assuming the .34 is the SS resistance and not the kenthal)
any reason you are using a mech mod and not a regulated mod? also I hope you are using good batteries for this.
thats almost 25 amps and over 200 watts on a pretty basic coil build (assuming the .34 is the SS resistance and not the kenthal)
any reason you are using a mech mod and not a regulated mod? also I hope you are using good batteries for this.
i got good cells hb2s and i like the way unregulated devices hit instantly as opposed to regulated devices and that .34 build is stainless and this build comes in at around 140 watts after battery sag and voltage drop
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26 guage kenthal at the same Resistance of SS wire will be a lot more surface area to heat up. your SS build has less surface area so it heats up faster under the same condition.
also regulated devices have come a long way. instant ramp up with a regulated device is pretty normal nowadays
kanthal would have less surface area because its a higher resistance wire no? that would mean less wraps to hit the same resistance so stainless would actually have more surface area am i wrong?
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actually yeah i'm ass backwards. SS wire has a lower resistance so it needs more wraps to match kenthal of the same wire in resistance. that would lead to more surface area. SS wire does have less ramp up IMO experience then kenhtal though. Using a mech your probably better off with kenthal anyway for the higher resistance. especially in a series mod. Also SS will be inconsistent as the resistance goes up as the wire heats up so your .34 on your first hit might be .40 by your 3rd hit
It could be because you're inside diameter of the coil is too small and your wick just couldn't keep up with the heat, it's happened to me plenty of times before. When you're doing a very hot Build you need to make sure that the inside diameter that you wrap your coil around is large enough to allow wicking to keep up with the heat
it was a 3mm wrap i think i just may not have stuffed enough cotton in there
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wire glowing while saturated and wicked is usually a sign of a short. could also be a defect in the alloy properties at that section. heat has been known to break down and degrade alloy materials.