Kanthal Resistance Wire Guide Chart by Ichor Liquid

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Kanthal Resistance Wire
Kanthal Resistance Wire is our preferred
resistance wire for coiling rebuildable
Atomizers. 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 guide will
avoid anything too technical and is written in
layman terms for ease of understanding (or at
least I hope so!).
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Before we look at the AWG chart, there are a few
points you need to remember
gtTHE 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
gtTWISTING 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.
gtDIFFERENCE 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.
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Kanthal Resistance Wire Guide Chart
AWG 34 0.15mm Diameter (152 Micron or 38 SWG)
AWG 32 0.20mm Diameter (200 Micron or 35 SWG)
AWG 31 0.22mm Diameter (226 Micron or 34 SWG)
AWG 29 0.30mm Diameter (287 Micron or 31 SWG)
AWG 28 0.32mm Diameter (320 Micron or 30 SWG)
0.5mm0.1mm Kanthal D Ribbon
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