I want to make a small heating element, using resistance wire and a batteryThe point is that I need a small hot rectangular surface (only about 1cm x 2cm)I was thinking of using a small copper plate (for its high thermal conductivity) and quot;zig zaggingquot; some NiCr wire along one side of it (so that the other side will be the hot flat surface I need), but the problem is that that will short the circuit since the resistance wire is not insulatedI've been looking for coated resistance wire but I cannot seem to find anything like thatI need the temperature to be fairly high so I doubt I can use tape to insulate the plateMaybe I could use another material but I can't think of anything (a ceramic plate could handle the temperature but its thermal conductivity is bad and I wouldn't know where to get it)so If you have any suggestions on this, just shout
