Clapton confusion

[Blazing Atoms]

Hi all, hope you enjoyed your Christmas.

I'm using vape tool for guidance on my coils. However I'm not sure if clapton is the same as a fused clapton. I have claptons, fused claptons (which seem to be the same as the claptons as they dont have 2x written on them?) and dual fused claptons.

What's what!

 

[vapervince]

This is my take on it, I may be wrong, a clapton coil is a single wire with a much thinner wire wrapped around it, a fused clapton is multiple core wires with a thinner wire wrapped round them, the 2x - 3x etc denotes how many cores are within the coil.

 

[Crispycritters]

The word Clapton describes the thin wire that is used for the outer wrap - apparently a clapton wire looks the same as Eric Clapton's guitar strings. Big whoop.

There are many variations of 'claptoned' wires, different numbers of core wires, different thicknesses of core wires and outer wrap wire etc, but they are all claptoned wires.

A claptoned wire with more than one core wire will be labelled as a 'fused' clapton and, if you look closely you will notice it has a flat profile. This flat profile means that it will be in contact with more cotton - and, theoretically at least, produce more vapour because of it.

The range of complex wires can be bewildering, but different variations of claptoned wires are probably the most common.

Just to add a bit of confusion there are also 'spaced' variations of claptoned wires where the outer wrapping wire is spaced so you can see the inner cores, or the outer wire will have an S shaped profile. A wire with an S shaped outer wrap will be labelled an Alien lol - even though the outer wrap does the same as a regular clapton. Sometimes ribbon wires are bound together as a core and wrapped - these will be referred to as a 'Staple' wire. If you make Staple from ribbon wire, put a length of roundwire at either side and the put an outer wrap of wire around it this will be a 'Framed' staple.

Builders will make many variations and mix and match the different types of wire builds and give them new, and often very bewildering names - like Staple fused staggertons...

Claptons are the easiest types of complex wire to get your head around.

A basic clapton is a single core wire with a thinner wire wrapped around it. IF it is a 24 gauge core with a 36 gauge outer wrap it will be labelled 24/36.

A fused clapton will have more than one core, a dual 28 core with a 38 outer wrap will be labelled 2x28/38. A triple 28 core with the same sized outer wire will be 3x28/38. A quad core fused using the same gauge wires would be 4x28/38.

With the really complicated wires the labelling will look like it was written by a mad scientist and is as confusing as fck.

 

[vapervince]

The word Clapton describes the thin wire that is used for the outer wrap - apparently a clapton wire looks the same as Eric Clapton's guitar strings. Big whoop.

There are many variations of 'claptoned' wires, different numbers of core wires, different thicknesses of core wires and outer wrap wire etc, but they are all claptoned wires.

A claptoned wire with more than one core wire will be labelled as a 'fused' clapton and, if you look closely you will notice it has a flat profile. This flat profile means that it will be in contact with more cotton - and, theoretically at least, produce more vapour because of it.

The range of complex wires can be bewildering, but different variations of claptoned wires are probably the most common.

Just to add a bit of confusion there are also 'spaced' variations of claptoned wires where the outer wrapping wire is spaced so you can see the inner cores, or the outer wire will have an S shaped profile. A wire with an S shaped outer wrap will be labelled an Alien lol - even though the outer wrap does the same as a regular clapton. Sometimes ribbon wires are bound together as a core and wrapped - these will be referred to as a 'Staple' wire. If you make Staple from ribbon wire, put a length of roundwire at either side and the put an outer wrap of wire around it this will be a 'Framed' staple.

Builders will make many variations and mix and match the different types of wire builds and give them new, and often very bewildering names - like Staple fused staggertons...

Claptons are the easiest types of complex wire to get your head around.

A basic clapton is a single core wire with a thinner wire wrapped around it. IF it is a 24 gauge core with a 36 gauge outer wrap it will be labelled 24/32.

A fused clapton will have more than one core, a dual 28 core with a 38 outer wrap will be labelled 2x28/38. A triple 28 core with the same sized outer wire will be 3x28/38. A quad core fused using the same gauge wires would be 4x28/38.

With the really complicated wires the labelling will look like it was written by a mad scientist and is as confusing as fck.

The unabridged version

 

[Mitz]

The word Clapton describes the thin wire that is used for the outer wrap - apparently a clapton wire looks the same as Eric Clapton's guitar strings. Big whoop.

There are many variations of 'claptoned' wires, different numbers of core wires, different thicknesses of core wires and outer wrap wire etc, but they are all claptoned wires.

A claptoned wire with more than one core wire will be labelled as a 'fused' clapton and, if you look closely you will notice it has a flat profile. This flat profile means that it will be in contact with more cotton - and, theoretically at least, produce more vapour because of it.

The range of complex wires can be bewildering, but different variations of claptoned wires are probably the most common.

Just to add a bit of confusion there are also 'spaced' variations of claptoned wires where the outer wrapping wire is spaced so you can see the inner cores, or the outer wire will have an S shaped profile. A wire with an S shaped outer wrap will be labelled an Alien lol - even though the outer wrap does the same as a regular clapton. Sometimes ribbon wires are bound together as a core and wrapped - these will be referred to as a 'Staple' wire. If you make Staple from ribbon wire, put a length of roundwire at either side and the put an outer wrap of wire around it this will be a 'Framed' staple.

Builders will make many variations and mix and match the different types of wire builds and give them new, and often very bewildering names - like Staple fused staggertons...

Claptons are the easiest types of complex wire to get your head around.

A basic clapton is a single core wire with a thinner wire wrapped around it. IF it is a 24 gauge core with a 36 gauge outer wrap it will be labelled 24/32.

A fused clapton will have more than one core, a dual 28 core with a 38 outer wrap will be labelled 2x28/38. A triple 28 core with the same sized outer wire will be 3x28/38. A quad core fused using the same gauge wires would be 4x28/38.

With the really complicated wires the labelling will look like it was written by a mad scientist and is as confusing as fck.

Typo in your post. It will be labelled 24/36.

 

[Crispycritters]

Typo in your post. It will be labelled 24/36.

Ta.

I've corrected it.

After boring myself writing it I couldn't be arsed to proof read it before posting.

 

[Blazing Atoms]

Thank you that was most informative.

The Wotofo fused claptons (0.50 ohms 2.5mm) are labelled 26+38, which in theory is just a standard clapton and not a fused clapton?

The Wotofo dual fused claptons (0.(62 ohms 3mm) are labelled 28x2+38. Which just makes it a fused clapton?

My head hurts!

 

[Crispycritters]

Thank you that was most informative.

The Wotofo fused claptons (0.50 ohms 2.5mm) are labelled 26+38, which in theory is just a standard clapton and not a fused clapton?

The Wotofo dual fused claptons (0.(62 ohms 3mm) are labelled 28x2+38. Which just makes it a fused clapton?

My head hurts!

Pretty much spot on - the 28x2/38 is dual 28 core wires wrapped in thinner 38 core which makes it a fused clapton.

The 26/38 is in fact a regular single core clapton - Wotofo screwed up with the description of that wire on their site as it isn't a fused type.

 

[Genghis Fogs]

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