Dirtman
Former Middleweight Moss Fighting Champion
- Joined
- May 28, 2018
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- 41N 75W
- Vehicle Year
- 2009
- Engine Type
- 2.3 (4 Cylinder)
- Transmission
- Automatic
- 2WD / 4WD
- 2WD
- Total Lift
- It's up there.
- Total Drop
- It's down there.
- Tire Size
- Round.
- My credo
- I poop in the furnace.
Oddball question... I'm making a new smoke machine, basically just wrapping resistor wire around a bundle of tiki torch wicks that will be soaked in mineral oil. I've seen this done before and seen it work well.
Here's the question, how many ohms of resistance should i shoot for in order for the wire to get hot enough to smoke the oil but not disintegrate with a 12 volt power source (car battery)
The best answer I've found searching the internet is 2ohms which is aprox 2.5 feet of 20 gauge resistor wire. Does this sound right? I have plenty of wire to experiment with, just trying to get a good rough guess to start with.
Here's the question, how many ohms of resistance should i shoot for in order for the wire to get hot enough to smoke the oil but not disintegrate with a 12 volt power source (car battery)
The best answer I've found searching the internet is 2ohms which is aprox 2.5 feet of 20 gauge resistor wire. Does this sound right? I have plenty of wire to experiment with, just trying to get a good rough guess to start with.