using 316L and its awesome with temp control at 470f
Dude quit being a fucking vape nazi, you can educate without being a prick. You talk incredibly demanding and snarky. Probably one of those people that doesn't even know battery safety or ohm's law but try to grill everyone for it. Regardless if people blow themselves up or not, the media will still find a way to tarnish vaping, it's how corporate companies work when they want something gone.It does not fucking matter. Stop using Nickel on a mech mod if you care about your life.
Any preference to 316 or 317 or are they basically the same thing?I've been using SS wire for over a year now. Conversations with @5150sick started off with "premium" vaping wire that turned out to be nothing more than 24 Gauge SS welding wire for MIG welding. Further investigation showed that it was just plain 316L or 317 SS wire and that you could get a kilogram spool of it for less than what the "Premium" manufactures sold 3 meters for. I've never liked Nickle or Titanium, mostly because of the taste. In temp control mode, Ti had an off flavor to it. Ni200 was just a pain in the ass to make coils with since it's so soft. There's tempered Ni200 out there now which is easier to work with, but I've been using SS for both wattage and temp control for a while now and have all but abandoned Kanthal in my builds. I make claptons with both Kanthal and SS, but use SS in the majority of my atty's. I like the flavor, to me it's cleaner and the nice thing about SS wire is that it heats up/ramps up fast, much faster than Kanthal, plus I don't run the risk of catching it on fire and having a mini disaster like what can and has happened with Titanium wire to some vapers who pulsed dry Titanium builds. Titanium burns like Magnesium, Very HOT and quite dangerous.
does some SS have nickel in it? Or is that a bunch of hooey?317 is a little harder to acquire but it has a lower resistance and is a little softer.
I just stuck with the 316 since you can get a 30 foot roll for under 10 bucks.
317 is mig welding wire and you either buy a 1000 foot spool or find someone else that did already.
gPlat was 317 they put out the money for the huge spool and sold it in 3 and 6 foot sections for $20+
From an alloy standpoint , SS316L needs to be pure stainless. If you get MIG wire, it will list as 100% SS, or an alloy of other composition.does some SS have nickel in it? Or is that a bunch of hooey?
Roger that. was asking because I see "nickel free" advertised for 316l a lot and it had me curious.SS pure 316l is pure stainless steel.
Kanthal and nichrome both have nickel in them.
That's what the NI in nichrome is.
Nope, that happens to me as well. It's normal.Roger that. was asking because I see "nickel free" advertised for 316l a lot and it had me curious.
Also, and this may be dumb, being I've been using SS for a while too, but the blue-purple color change when dry burning ....is that bad? Or should it be avoided?
Thank you!!!!Nope, that happens to me as well. It's normal.
Yeah, that was my thought, and free the whole Ti arguments I started to avoid letting it get that hot when dry burning as a 'Justin case'.Think of SS exhaust pipes (not chromed), they discolor and turn blue/purple with heat.
I know that RDA's that claim to be made out of stainless steel (the RDA itself not the coil) are 304 stainless.
I have never tried that for use in coils.
Does anyone know which of the 3 types of stainless steel Uwell crown coils are?
View attachment 46597 Oh btw that's the uwell crown sitting on top of the new Sigelei 90w plus (Single 26650 battery).
This mods battery life is unreal, I get one full day of vaping out of it, or two and a half days of I'm working or doing something other than sitting on my ass.
When I say I get one full. day, I mean I'm hitting that bad boy every 5 minutes, that's the type of vaper I am. I hit that shit literally all day every day,lol
I'm almost worried if I vape too much..
316L is what uwell claims for their SS COILS in the package with the tank.