Tim Vatic
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I played with nickel wire and TC for about a week and then I was over it.
Now I find out that Ni becomes very volatile at about 670º, that's its "Curie Point" and I believe that is why most TC devices have a 600º ceiling. That was very smart but the simple fact is we don't know if Nickel is producing hazardous emissions at lower temperatures also. Nickel is on the priority list of the EPA's hazardous substances. Kanthal is made of 3 elements that are all used in the kitchen and not on that list. We don't use Nickel in the kitchen for a reason. Now we recently found out you can get copperiedus or copper poisoning from simply eating out of a copper pot everyday but yea, EPA's top priority hazardous substance list... that's a warning enough for me to say screw it and just stick with kanthal but Right now....I'm pretty happy about being over TC. lol.
Now I find out that Ni becomes very volatile at about 670º, that's its "Curie Point" and I believe that is why most TC devices have a 600º ceiling. That was very smart but the simple fact is we don't know if Nickel is producing hazardous emissions at lower temperatures also. Nickel is on the priority list of the EPA's hazardous substances. Kanthal is made of 3 elements that are all used in the kitchen and not on that list. We don't use Nickel in the kitchen for a reason. Now we recently found out you can get copperiedus or copper poisoning from simply eating out of a copper pot everyday but yea, EPA's top priority hazardous substance list... that's a warning enough for me to say screw it and just stick with kanthal but Right now....I'm pretty happy about being over TC. lol.
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