help with wire choice, confused again

[vlgato]

Hello all , hope the new year is starting well for all. i have a few questions on wire. i acquired a segelei fuchai t/c box mod the new one, so it has 3 modes , power which i know is standard kathanal wire. then theres a TI mode which states for titanium, i have located some of that very costly, is there any benefit running TI ? most important is the nickel , i have found nii200 but all state non resistance? this has me confused i read the description and it states that its great for insulating the legs. I'm lost i find no ware resistance rolls of ni200? yet I'm told by a novice friend use resistance wire. also i would like to buy my wire in the USA, any help on a reliable seller? i was looking at the clapton wire also any benefit on that wire.

Thank you for any help.
Frank D.

 

[Ecig Lobby]

Hi Frank D, I think there's no much difference between Titanium wire and Nickel wire, except that the resistance of Titanium wire is a bit higher than the Nickel wire. Nickel wire has extreamly low resistance.
As to USA seller, you may consider directvapor, vapordna, vividsmoke, and so on.

 

[OBDave]

Moving to Coils sub...

While Ni200 is very low resistance, it has a minimal amount and is used for building temperature-limiting coils. Same thing with titanium. Hopefully folks who build with these wires will chime in if you've got any more specific questions...

 

[Discobob]

Lightning vapes has also been great for me for all my wire

 

[vlgato]

Thanks guys just checking back quick , printed replys, will digest this and be back , have a few more questions before i order, thank you all for being here to help. Frank D i have a question on the nichrome also the stainless wires what category/ mode, would it be used in? be back.

 

[robot zombie]

Thanks guys just checking back quick , printed replys, will digest this and be back , have a few more questions before i order, thank you all for being here to help. Frank D i have a question on the nichrome also the stainless wires what category/ mode, would it be used in? be back.

Depending on the mod, SS can be used with either wattage or temperature control modes. It will always work in wattage mode, much like kanthal, as long as the resistance is within the range that the mod accepts.

Its resistance per foot is very low, but not so low that you can't build coils in the .1-.2 range - meaning you can run the coils in wattage mode or even drop them on a mech mod. I don't know if you're familiar with GPlat or Haywire, but they are types of stainless steel wire that were, for a couple of years, used just like kanthal - SS was strictly a non-TC wire.

It just so happens that stainless steel's temperature coefficient of resistance makes it equally suitable for TC. This is a newer use for SS that has only recently been implemented. Not all TC mods are compatible with it.

Your mod's specs will indicate whether or not it can accept SS in TC mode and will have a dedicated setting for it. The three main wires that can be used with TC are stainless steel, pure nickel, and titanium. All three types of wire have specific heat/resistance curves and thus the device needs to be configured to precisely read and power those types of wire in order for the TC circuit to work as intended - it needs to be balanced to that specific material.

For instance, if your TC device is only compatible with nickel, then the TC will not work as it should with titanium or SS - it will treat them like nickel, but they will not respond like nickel.

Nichrome would likely be viable in TC mode, but I know of no device that's setup to accept it in TC mode. You would need to run that in standard wattage mode.

 

[vlgato]

Awesome reply, you have given me a wealth of info, it has helped much, i do have a few mech mods. and a pair is duel parallel boxes Tids and a hex that in series never fired yet i. have only ran 1 Tid as of yet with straight Kathanal. i have a few sense tanks and over the last 6 months i have burnt up to many dollars with coils, getting tired or buying coils, so i had for the holidays gotten my rebuild kits , the 521 tab, and the coil master tool kit. with help from this site. they are awesome, so i know its time to build more spend less.thanks for the info . the last sigelei i picked up on sale was the Fuchai and to my surprise it has 3 modes, power, TI, and Temp, it confused me, the instructions mention nothing on builds , wire, anything really but basic op info. mostly i will be on power mode and temp mode until i decide to get fancy, not a cloud chaser , just about 8 months free of analogs after 35 years . without a puff and love to vape. i really hate the smell , i now can sniff it a mile away, they make me sick. FrankD

 

[robot zombie]

The Fuchai will accept nickel or titanium. That's what the "Ti" mode is. The TC mode is for nickel. Why they set it up like that is beyond me. Both TC and TI are temperature control modes and do the same thing, only one is for nickel and one is for titanium. The minimum resistance for both nickel and titanium is .05 on that mod.

Happy building! Just be careful. Get too crazy with it and you'll spend just as much on wire and RDA's! Yes, it's a thing that can happen.