what you think would it be adviceble to by a spool of nichrome wire, and so wich thicknes would be good for the smokegenerators

I believe there are factors you have to include in order to purchase the correct nichrome then deciding the length of it.....and if it would fit in a 1x1x1 smoker.

If you have the factory smoker, the current will be constant. If you have the proportional smoker, the result will vary.

Your battery. We all have different batteries, depending on what you purchased aftermarket.

For instance: I have 3800 mAh batteries. 1.89ohms=7.2v/3.8A So I need nichrome wire to be able to perform at 1.9ohms per undetermined length. Less than that, the nichrome is subject to breakage because it wouldn't be able to withstand the current supplied.

Now the nichrome.
Depending on the gauge, there is a specific resistance specified, per foot. The resistance of the wire decreases as the length is decreased, and increases as the length is increased. You don't want longer nichrome than you need, or it will barely heat up or heat up appropriately. The shorter it is, the hotter it will get.

32 gauge nichrome wire is rated at 10.66 Ohms per foot

I'm not sure how to actually equate the proper length of wire needed. I don't think it's as simple as dividing the total ohm's per foot by 12 inches.

Maybe someone else can take over, cause now I'm second guessing everything! lol I need to go back to school! lol

I really would not bother, the resistor set really works 10 times better, is 100 time more reliable, but if your insistent, then yo would need to know the specs of the oem wire, length, then figure out how much current draw the stock smoker uses.

I was fixing my smokers with nichrome wires before I switch to resistors...I still have spools of nichrome wire in my shop...I used to buy my stuff on e-bay :http://stores.shop.ebay.ca/Wires-Store__W0QQ_armrsZ1.
Now if you put an Ohmmeter at the heater terminals of a stock H.L. smoker ; you will read around 18 Ohms ..This is the value you have to play with to calculate the lengt of your nichrome wire...Then comes the gauge of the wire..
For example if you want to use a 32 ga. nichrome wire...According to my seller ; a 32 ga has a resistance of 12.8 Ohms/ ft or 12.8 Ohms/ 12 "
So how many inches of 32 ga. wire do you need to get 18 Ohms ???
( I'm about to trow some algebra at you) 12.8/12 = 18/ x ; 12.8x = 12x18 ; 12x18/ 12.8 = 16.9 inches

So you need 16.9 inches of 32 ga. nichrome wire to have an 18 Ohms heater element in your smoker ...Well good luck to shove that in a 1'x1'x1' space...
Now the obvious solution is to choose a smaller gauge of wire ( like they did at H.L.)
According to my seller ; a 40 ga has a resistance of 81.7 Ohms / ft
if you do the calculations you will need 2.6 inches of 40 ga. nichrome wire to get 18 Ohms ( that's more like it )
The problem is that 40 ga. nich. wire is about the size of a humain hair ( after 10 min. of washing with head& shoulders)
It breaks when you look at it sideways...That why H.L. is putting so much cotton in their smokers that they"re full with 5 drops of oil...

But if you really really want to go with nichrome ...go for it ...It'll work but it's a lot more problems than resistors.

Oh ! by the way when I want to know how long my nichrome wire should be ...I just hold one end of the wire on the probe of my Ohmmeter and gently slide the other probe on the wire until I read 18 Ohms ; then I cut it 1 inch longer to leave room for the weldings...The hell with algebra

Nice!

I'll try both if it works good i pt smokegenerators in py tamiya's to, would be awesome to let fume my jagdtiger and king tigers tooo