Something wrong with my Kanthal?

[Bosco]

A while back I ordered some 28 gage nichrome and 30 gage kanthal from that ebay place (can't remember the name - but a lot of people get thier wire from them).

I've been using the 28 gage and it seems fine. Today I tried making a microcoil with the 30 gage and the ohms are coming out way too low. For 14 wraps around a 5/64 drillbit, the ohms read .4. It doesn't seem to be shorted - it vapes fine and the battery doesn't get hot or anything . .but I want something more like 2.0 ohms. I made several more attempts with the 30 gage and the ohms came out crazy low everytime.

I tried making the exact same coil with my 28 gage and it came out to 1.7 ohms . .about what I would expect.

Could there be something wrong with my Kanthal? I'm confused!

 

[Jazzi Mike]

Perhaps they sent the wrong ones. Does the 30 gauge seem thinner than your 28?

 

[Jellyfish]

Try measuring a length of wire with a DMM and compare it to spec. Temco specs Kanthal A1 30 GA @ 8.36 Ω/ft:

Kanthal A1

 

[Bosco]

I found the problem . . it's not Kanthal at all. I grabbed the wrong spool. It's non-resistance wire, lol. That's crazy . .I actually vaped a coil made of non-resistance wire - just about 3-5 hits, though. Odd that the battery didn't seem to mind it and the vape was actually pretty good - just way too low res.

 

[shlomsi]

LOL you may just founded a new trend in sub-ohm vaping

 

[justinonymous]

Lol I was just about to say it's non resistance wire. If you give it enough wraps there's resistance. I kinda wanna try this now lol.