Qustion on twisting wire

[D-Shaw709]

Just want to know if its a good idea to twist a single piece of 24g kanthal with a single piece 26g kanthal

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[Izen]

as long as you have a means to meter your coil's resistance, why not? don't think of it as a 'good' or 'bad' idea. it's a viable option.

 

[OBDave]

I see no reason it wouldn't work - perhaps someone will jump in and tell us what equivalent gauge wire you'd be making, because I'm not sure. But as long as your end build tests out to a safe resistance for your application, go for it!

 

[Neunerball]

I see no reason it wouldn't work - perhaps someone will jump in and tell us what equivalent gauge wire you'd be making, because I'm not sure. But as long as your end build tests out to a safe resistance for your application, go for it!

If it's tightly twisted it's about a 19 gauge wire.

 

[Neunerball]

Just want to know if its a good idea to twist a single piece of 24g kanthal with a single piece 26g kanthal

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A single coil with 8 wraps and 3 mm ID should come out at ca. 0.45 Ohm.

 

[D-Shaw709]

K thanks ill try it later and let you guys know just wanted to see if anyone did it before i try it

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[kim leith]

Just want to know if its a good idea to twist a single piece of 24g kanthal with a single piece 26g kanthal

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I'd make sure that both of the wires are from the same and reputable source. Just sayin.

 

[JERUS]

Just want to know if its a good idea to twist a single piece of 24g kanthal with a single piece 26g kanthal

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Done it quite a few times with SS. 24g was reading lower than I wanted, 26g higher than I wanted, between the two I was just about right on. Twisting 2 identical wires drops it roughly 2 gauges (it's not exact) so 2X24 is ~22g (it's cooler but the resistance is about that). 24+26g twisted is probably somewhere between 22g and 23g is my best guess, not having tried 23g I can't say for sure but the builds of 24g twisted and 26g twisted the 24+26g twisted wasn't right in the middle but closer to the 24g twisted. IIRC it was .14Ω with the 24g twisted, .25Ω with the 26g twisted, and .17-.18Ω with the combination.

Anyways that's my experience with it, but with SS rather than Kanthal.