Please advise - Haywire Flat series 20 Ga - single coil - suggested build

[Waine]

I am experimenting with Haywire Flat series 20 Ga. I get a reading from Steam-Engine to build a single coil with 3 ID. I set it at Nichrome 80 on Steam-Engine, but the readings are way out. The build comes out much lower than it suggests. I aim for between 0.17 to 0.22 Ohms but I get 0.12 or 0.13.

Please can someone advise what is a workable build for a single coil using 2.5 or 3 ID. The funny thing is, on my "Wasp Nano" I built using 8 wraps on a 2.5 ID, aiming for 0.20 Ohms and I got a nice 0.17. It works fantastic! But on other RDA's, I just cannot get it right.

I have wasted almost a whole roll of this wire trying.

Any advice will be much appreciated.


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[daniel craig]

Flat wire has a lower resistance than round. What I usually do is aim around 0.07 Ohms higher on steam engine so that puts me in the ball park of what I want it to be.

On the wasp you need to factor leg length because of how that deck is. If you were to build on a velocity deck, you get much shorter leg lengths which decreases the resistance.

 

[Waine]

Shot, thanks for that. I found today that the ohms come out more accurately when both legs point in the opposite direction. Trial and error. But it is great wire, for some reason.


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[daniel craig]

Shot, thanks for that. I found today that the ohms come out more accurately when both legs point in the opposite direction. Trial and error. But it is great wire, for some reason.


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Yeah there's no actual calculator for it. I use regulated mods so I don't even aim for something specific. I just build for some nice surface area and it works out. On my mech I just do 5-7 wraps depending on gauge. As long as the coils are above 0.1 I'm fine Haywire Flat Series is epic stuff.

 

[Waine]

With this wire, I have learned...after fitting the coil, and firing it up, it will give a way lower ohm reading than you expected. But after burning in and tweaking a bit, most often, the ohms get higher.

I agree, great wire.


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