Stainless steel 316l

[gavin 1]

Hi Apes, think it's time I had a go at Temperature control so am planning to purchase some stainless steel 316l and make a coil of about 1omh and put it on my Evic VCT mini in temperature control on ss. Thing is what temperature should I be aiming at. Any help please?

 

[the_atomic_fart]

I always dialled in 400F and then went up or down from there until I found my sweet spot, generally 400-450F was good for me. Everyone's different though.
The VTC mini's latest firmware allows you set set the wire's coefficent in the M modes so the displayed temp. 'should' be somewhere near callibrated.
I 'believe' the SS mode is set for SS304. I guess you knew that though!

 

[gavin 1]

I always dialled in 400F and then went up or down from there until I found my sweet spot, generally 400-450F was good for me. Everyone's different though.
The VTC mini's latest firmware allows you set set the wire's coefficent in the M modes so the displayed temp. 'should' be somewhere near callibrated.
I 'believe' the SS mode is set for SS304. I guess you knew that though!

Hi a Atomic, I didn't know that. I was going to put it on ss and put it to a temperature recommended by you experienced Apes. So do I need to update even though I have stainless steel?

 

[the_atomic_fart]

It will work fine on the SS mode. It just means that when it displays, say 400F, you may not be exactly at that temp, you could be + or - of it a bit not a million miles out though!
Just make sure you lock in the resistance of the coil as per the instructions.
The version 3 firmware is SS316 by default.

 

[the_atomic_fart]

If on firmware 3, here are the values of various wires if using the M presets.
TCR Value
Stainless Steel 304
101 - 105
Stainless Steel 316
88 - 92
Stainless Steel 316L
88 - 92
Stainless Steel 317L
94
Stainless Steel 430
138
Titanium Grade 1
366
Titanium Grade 2
352
Nickle Ni200
600

 

[gavin 1]

Wow thanks Atomic you really know your stuff

 

[the_atomic_fart]

No problems buddy, those values are the ones provided by Joyetech. I found them buried somewhere on their website.

 

[gavin 1]

Thanks Atomic but am I being silly? Still not sure what temperature range I should use.

 

[Mr Numpty]

Thanks Atomic but am I being silly? Still not sure what temperature range I should use.

Start low, maybe 350F, and increase in 10F increments until you find the vapour temp you like.

 

[gavin 1]

Hi Numpty, good to hear from you again. Thanks