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Aquatic Plants Digest V1 #39
>Nichrome wire is incredibly cheap, but you might have to get it in a
>spool. I got mine at the university's chemistry stockroom, because they
>use it to make impromptu heaters for experiments. Sources? Maybe
>industrial wire suppliers or chemical supply houses.
>
>Resistance.. Hm, I don't have a handy table, but I am sure there is a LOW
>enough resistance available. I know this because when I built my acrylic
>bender (ran on 80-120V) I had to make the wire into a coil (using a drill
>and a dowell). No doubt you can get a table of resistances from the
>supplier.
>
> - Erik
Or from a good reference book (I just happen to have this handy
from when I did research for my setup)
Nichrome
Gauge ohms per cm
---------------------
10 .0021281
12 .0033751
14 .0054054
16 .0085116
18 .0138383
20 .0216218
22 .0346040
24 .0548088
26 .0875760
28 .1394328
30 .2214000
-Glen