anyone know a way of testing the voltage on the batteries?

[dc2k08]

so the reading from an atomizer will either be o ohms, infinity ohms, or a number in between depending on the model atomizer? and this number cannot fluctuate but only to 0 and infinity? or can atomozier wear, crud build-up cause the ohm rate to increase/decrease?

sorry if i dont make sense.
not sure if i understand this bit

and read of the ohms from the display then compare this to a known good atomizer and the lower the no. the lower the resistance and therefor the lower the heat output

[clavit]

I don't think resistance should fluctuate.
I just tested a couple of atomizers from my 901's, including an unused one and my 6-week old atomizer which is about to get binned. All read 3.7 or 3.8 ohms

[GTOrichie]

there are other variants that you need to take into acount for atomizer reliability (wick like fibers, clogging, carbon build up) apart from the coil I was just trying to explain a way that you can test the coil part of the atomizer before you try to resurect it thats all, its pointless trying to resurect a atomizer if the coil is shot to bits

[GTOrichie]

so the reading from an atomizer will either be o ohms, infinity ohms, or a number in between depending on the model atomizer? and this number cannot fluctuate but only to 0 and infinity? or can atomozier wear, crud build-up cause the ohm rate to increase/decrease?

sorry if i dont make sense.
not sure if i understand this bit

if you get a coil thats reading way difrent from a good one you know there is somthing wrong, not haveing a dead atomizer I don't want to strip a good one down to see how the coil is built but if say the coils started to build up with gunk they may push two other winds together and this would cause the coils ability to heat to posibly diminish and therefor not as efective. the only reason I decided to test this was my freinds ecig was not working and I tryed my atomizer on 4 batterys he had and all 4 were faulty so I checked his charger and it was working fine so that left only the atomizer when i checked mine it was reading 3.9ohms and i found his to be readin 0 (short circuit) and this caused all 4 of his batterys to blow (opps)

[dc2k08]

this is brilliant information. so if i find an atomizer is not working i better be careful not to test it on all my batteries. this multi-meter is going to be considerered a neccessary item in my e-smoking kit. just have to make room for it my e-back-pack for portability now..maybe i can snug it in next to the ultrasonic jewelry cleaner.

[GTOrichie]

just out of interest where abouts are you? USA? UK? I may be able to find you a cheep multimeter

[dc2k08]

just accross the sea from you in dreary roi

[GTOrichie]

Maplin have stores in ROI are none of these near you? have a look at there store locator if not they do mail order.
I would say pay the little extra for a digital one rather than a analog as they are easyer to read this is there cheapest digital Domestic Multimeter > Maplin

most big hardware stores also sell them like B&Q, Wicks, Homebase (not sure if they are in Ireland) also some Jewsons sell them

failing all that Argos have one model but its a bit over priced.

[dc2k08]

thanks for the tip gto, never had heard of maplin though aparantly there are two stores here and one is near where i work. the others dont exist and never a fan of argos. that one you pointed to looks good and cheap as chips! hope they're stocking.

[TheEmperorOfIceCream]

I asked Harry from Janty about how to measure resistance (apparently it's the definitive dead or alive atomiser test). Here's his reply:

Hi Mike,

First about the Multimeter. On the meter you have to chose the lowest level within Ohm (at mine it says 200). You can measure the Ohm's at the side of the battery. One pin (it doesn't matter if it's the black or the red one) you hold in the centre, I always hold it a little in the small hole of the atomizer. The other pin you must hold against the propellor wire without touching the other pin ofcourse.

Kind regards,

Harry
Janty Nederland - RuyanXpress