.002 ohms and loving it!

[mikepointfive]

alright.. i made a double coil with tripple twisted 30 gauge kanthal in 3 loops on each wick which is made of 4 strands of 3mm silica. the ohms on my nimbus are measuring at .002!! im getting tons of great clouds.. nice warm vapor.. im really enjoying it but can this be bad in any way? its not going to blow up is it?

im pretty sure its .002 ohms... could be.. im still not sure i know how to use this multimeter right. in the 20k switch position i measured 0.00 so i switched to 2k switch position and measured .002... is that right?

 

[dam718]

.002?? That's basically a dead short...

You could be doing some harm to your battery... I would be careful

 

[The Ocelot]

alright.. i made a double coil with tripple twisted 30 gauge kanthal in 3 loops on each wick which is made of 4 strands of 3mm silica. the ohms on my nimbus are measuring at .002!! im getting tons of great clouds.. nice warm vapor.. im really enjoying it but can this be bad in any way? its not going to blow up is it?

im pretty sure its .002 ohms... could be.. im still not sure i know how to use this multimeter right. in the 20k switch position i measured 0.00 so i switched to 2k switch position and measured .002... is that right?

Five years ago would your post have made any sense to you? (Hi and welcome, btw )

 

[Kable]

I think that means 2 ohms. I don't know of any mods that could safely power a 0.002 ohm atty. The current (amps) draw would be huge, unless the voltage was extremely low.

 

[LucidAce]

I think that means 2 ohms. I don't know of any mods that could safely power a 0.002 ohm atty. The current (amps) draw would be huge, unless the voltage was extremely low.

Even if the battery is at, say, 3v we're still talking about 1500 amps...

 

[Blix]

Sounds like you like your 2 ohm setup.
I kinda doubt you're vaping at 8820 watts.

 

[dam718]

Not sure... I don't have a mnual meter, all mine are auto ranging. 2K means 0 - 2K though... Sounds like it's probably 2 Ohms... Does it not have another range? Like 200?

 

[Moueix]

Yes, the ohm meter is correct. You have .002 Kilo Ohms.

It gets more accurate if you set it to the 2m setting. .002 Kilo ohms could be anywhere from 1.5 ohms to 2.49 ohms due to rounding error..

 

[dam718]

Moueix... When I hit refresh the eyes of the girl on your avatar stared a hole right out the back of my head... LoL Sad... I've seen it several times before, a lot actually, and just never noticed how piercing the eyes were til now...

Alright... back to te real discussion folks, nothing to see here!

 

[mikepointfive]

well i am actually shooting for ohms below .1 and i know i've achieved something below .1 because provari says e1 =p

oh.. and im using a mechanical mod(the natural) with a full 18350 battery.

 

[Blix]

well i am actually shooting for ohms below .1 and i know i've achieved something below .1 because provari says e1 =p

Not .1, you mean 1.0.

 

[Rickajho]

BZZZT! WRONG!

If it was actually .002 ohms chances are you would be writing about the exploding (shorted) battery rather than claiming a great vaping experience. Now go read the instructions for your meter - set it to 200 ohms or 20 ohms - if it has that option - and measure it again. (Some people on this forum really scare me. Even those who think they know what they are doing trying to screw around with SLR stuff.)

 

[dam718]

ProVari would read E1 long before .1 Ohm

 

[mikepointfive]

Five years ago would your post have made any sense to you? (Hi and welcome, btw )

HAHAAH!!! 10 weeks ago that wouldnt've made any sense to me =)

 

[mikepointfive]

BZZZT! WRONG!

If it was actually .002 ohms chances are you would be writing about the exploding (shorted) battery rather than claiming a great vaping experience. Now go read the instructions for your meter - set it to 200 ohms or 20 ohms - if it has that option - and measure it again. (Some people on this forum really scare me. Even those who think they know what they are doing trying to screw around with SLR stuff.)

whats SLR stuff?

 

[B2L]

Super low resistance

 

[mikepointfive]

in the ohms part of my multimeter it goes 2m, 200k, 20k, 2k, and 200. which switch setting should i be using?
i tried in all modes and got zeros everywhere except 2k where i got .002, and 200 where i got 1.7
so which is it?

 

[yzer]

Come on! With .002 resistance at any commonly used PV voltage you won't get any heat off the coil. This question separates the noobs from the smart vets. Learn how to use a DVM first. Thanks.

 

[-iD]

in the ohms part of my multimeter it goes 2m, 200k, 20k, 2k, and 200. which switch setting should i be using?
i tried in all modes and got zeros everywhere except 2k where i got .002, and 200 where i got 1.7
so which is it?

Ask yourself this: which one SOUNDS like a realistic resistance? .002 or 1.7?

tap'd on my Google Galaxy Nexus

 

[dam718]

Alright, alright... People don't learn without stumbling a bit, give the guy a break...

The correct setting would be 200, or 1.7 Ohms... It's rounding up to 2 in the 2K range...

1.7 Ohms is well within safe vaping limits... Your ProVari should have fired that fine... So the fact you're getting an E1 means something is up... At least in the eyes of the ProVari it thinks something is up...