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This is interesting - I haven't noticed this on Heaven Gifts before

http://www.heaven-gifts.com/gallery-180.html

Excuse me if its been there forever and I've only just stumbled across it.

Cheers, buggy.

 

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the coil material seems a tad expensive, ebay 10M Kanthal .18 $10 http://www.ebay.com.com/itm/Kanthal...94?pt=LH_De.comltDomain_0&hash=item415de5c172

UK Vapers is doing an ongoing group buy for wick, not sure on exact details but the 3mm wick, which can be pulled apart into 8 strands is something like a dollar or 2 per metre (each metre = 3 metres of 1mm 3 strand wick). uk vapers thread which leads to a group buy page http://ukvapers.com/topic/7447-fibreglass-wick-group-buy/

Its nice knowing we can get small qty's from HG, but for truly cheap coils and wick there are more options out there

 

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I've been reading lately about how #400 Stainless Steel Mesh makes for better wicking material as long as its carbonized first to prevent shorting...

Interesting stuff!

 

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Actually it needs to be oxidised to make the surface non-conductive but this is really difficult to do. Tried several times and gave up in the end.

 

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I have been following this thread just to see where it would be going. Can anybody tell me why people are starting to use Kenthal resistance wire?? I have been looking around and this material does not seem ideal for what we intend to use it for. I found this link that will explain better than I can, but overall stability would seem to be an issue. It maybe easy to work with, but its performance would appear to degrade over time, with a decrease in resistance, and the fact that it becomes very brittle. This is a link that might explain where I am coming from.

http://www.cookingglass.com.com/kilns-kiln-materials/kilns-and-kiln-materials/heating-elements.

For anybody looking for Nicrome wire wire supply in canada, these people seem to have it covered

http://www.wiltronics.com.com/catal...ents-and-parts/cables-and-wires/nichrome-wire

With a good PDF chart with wire sizes and resistances.

http://www.wiltronics.com.com/datasheets/cb3wire.pdf