kanthal wire guide

kanthal wire guide Kanthal Wire is our preferred resistance wire for coiling rebuildable Atomizers and following this Kanthal Wire Guide you should understand why.

For beginners and pros alike, many of you may not fully understand the benefits of how the different thicknesses of the American Wire Gauge (AWG) Kanthal Wire (KW) can be used with various rebuildable atomizers.

This Kanthal Wire Guide will avoid anything too technical and is written in layman terms for ease of understanding (or at least I hope so!).

Before we look at the AWG chart, there are a few points you need to remember:

THE FINER THE WIRE = THE HIGHER THE RESISTANCE The AWG 34 wire (0.15mm in diameter) produces HIGHER ohms over a SHORTER distance, as compared to the commonly used AWG 32 (0.20mm in diameter) which is slightly thicker, but would require more coils to achieve the same resistance.

TWISTING THE WIRE LOWERS THE RESISTANCE

BY HALF

If you wish to use twisted wire, you will need to double the amount of coils to achieve the same resistance.

DIFFERENCE BETWEEN KW A1, A & D When selecting KW for purchase please note the differences: Kanthal A1: Max temp: 1399C, 1.45 Electrical resistivity at 20C ohms Kanthal A: Max temp: 1349C, 1.39 Electrical resistivity at 20C ohms Kanthal D: Max temp: 1299C, 1.35 Electrical resistivity at 20C ohms As you can see Kanthal A1 has a HIGHER max temperature threshold than Kanthal A, and Kanthal A is HIGHER than Kanthal D.

Pros

Our Kanthal Wire Guide recommended wire of choice for Genesis Atomizers.

Will not "pop" on hot spots or shorts, making it the easiest wire to manage during setup.

Covers a decent amount of surface area on the wick, producing more vapour.

Functions perfectly within the capabilities of a high amp variable voltage mod like the Provari.

Heats the stainless steel mesh wick up a lot faster than AWG 31 or AWG 32 due to the low ohm capability.

Cons

Not recommended for Silica Wicks - it will operate too hot due to low resistance.

Standard / China import variable voltage battery mod's will struggle at resistance levels of 1.3 ohms and will not function below this.