2 year vaper looking to get into coil building. So if you use 2mm id or 3mm id what is the difference? Does larger id lower your ohms?
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Inner diameter explanation
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Longer wire raises your resistance, so more wraps and bigger ID raises you resistance.
It takes more wire to make a larger loop. More wire means more resistance.
When you're using 3 or more parallel strands of 316l in an alien or 12 ply 0.5mm ribbon in a staple this can be a welcomed thing.
The real advantage of going up in ID is that you can fit more wick in it and you have more surface area touching the wick.
As mentioned above steam-engine.org has a basic wire calculator that can tell you the load and heat characteristics of a coil as well as a few other useful bits of info. Wire Wizard will let you build almost any coil and give you the load, surface area, mass and other stuff and can even break the build down and tell you the same stuff for each individual wire.
Edit:
I didn't realize how old this thread was till now.
When you're using 3 or more parallel strands of 316l in an alien or 12 ply 0.5mm ribbon in a staple this can be a welcomed thing.
The real advantage of going up in ID is that you can fit more wick in it and you have more surface area touching the wick.
As mentioned above steam-engine.org has a basic wire calculator that can tell you the load and heat characteristics of a coil as well as a few other useful bits of info. Wire Wizard will let you build almost any coil and give you the load, surface area, mass and other stuff and can even break the build down and tell you the same stuff for each individual wire.
Edit:
I didn't realize how old this thread was till now.
Thanks i appreciate it. Thats the best explanation ive found.