Nichrome Wire

On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:44:32 -0500, "Jim Davis" put finger to keyboard and composed:

This Nichrome 80 wire is 0.32mm (0.0126 inches) in diameter and has a resistance of 13.4 ohms/m at 208C:

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Those silly little facial sun tan lamps with UV discharge lamp and IR heaters, as ballast , have heater wire of about that dimension, for robbing.

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Nichrome wire was used to make igniters for model rockets. Try your local toy and hobby shop. . 0.010 is 30 AWG.

On Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:44:32 -0500, "Jim Davis" put finger to keyboard and composed:

Try searching for "resistance wire" "nickel chromium":

Here are a few hits:

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On 4/28/2009 6:04 PM Franc Zabkar spake thus:

Note Franc's wise use of quotation marks. Too many people are unaware of how you can focus Google's results like a laser beam by using them.

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240V 600W wire heater element, I have laying around, is 0.012 inch diam for 7 in unstretched length and 0.16 inch diameter of spiral

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Thanks for the responses guys. The wire I need is .004" dia. I found it at McMaster Carr - 30 bucks for a roll.

Thanks again.