25 Watts vs 25 Watts?
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Depends on a lot of things, primarily the atomizer. Kinda like putting a ton of wood on a Yaris vs a 1 ton pickup.
The atomizers that I have are Magma, Mutation X V3 and a Kanger Subtank Mini. Would any of these be affected, if so, how?
Voltage would vary greatly according to your equation. There are many other variables to take into account to fully answer a question like that. What type of coild, i.e. guage of wire, number of wraps, diameter of coil. There are more things that effect flavor and vapor than just watts.
Wow. Uhhh.. Don't know how anyone failed to mention this..
There would be a MASSIVE difference. At 1.5 ohms, you'd likely burn your wick/coil at 25W. At .2 ohms, you likely wouldn't even be able to get the coil to glow within a reasonable time at 25W.
The difference can be seen in voltage. 25W at .2 ohms is 2.24V (most batteries won't enjoy putting out this little voltage), compared to 1.2 ohms at 25W which is nearly 5.5V.
There would be a MASSIVE difference. At 1.5 ohms, you'd likely burn your wick/coil at 25W. At .2 ohms, you likely wouldn't even be able to get the coil to glow within a reasonable time at 25W.
The difference can be seen in voltage. 25W at .2 ohms is 2.24V (most batteries won't enjoy putting out this little voltage), compared to 1.2 ohms at 25W which is nearly 5.5V.
I wrap almost exclusively around a 2mm rod with 26 gauge Kanthal, usually around 8 wraps. I have fiddled with parallel 28, and twisted 28, but mostly stick to sual 28 gauge 2mm micro coils. I guess if I ran one coil that ohms out at 1 ohm, what would change if I added another identical coil to bring it down to 0.5 ohm. If that makes sense.
Welcome, from another upstate NYer. I'm a low-wattage vaper myself, so I can't really answer your question.
With coils in the 1.0 to 1.5 ohm range I usually find my sweet spot to be 7-10 watts. Anything more than that just doesn't taste good to me.
With coils in the 1.0 to 1.5 ohm range I usually find my sweet spot to be 7-10 watts. Anything more than that just doesn't taste good to me.
You need to think about thermodynamics instead of just power.
Flavor is the result of coil temperature and AFR (air fuel ratio)
Basically it works just like your car engine. Combustion heats the engine, and the cooling system keeps it running at the proper temperature.
You keep the temperature of your coil where you want it with air flow and wicking of liquid.
So you can make 20 watts taste any way you want. You can even make 10 watts taste just like the 20 watts if you wish.
Flavor is the result of coil temperature and AFR (air fuel ratio)
Basically it works just like your car engine. Combustion heats the engine, and the cooling system keeps it running at the proper temperature.
You keep the temperature of your coil where you want it with air flow and wicking of liquid.
So you can make 20 watts taste any way you want. You can even make 10 watts taste just like the 20 watts if you wish.
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At .2 you would be running at 2.4 volts, at 1.5 you would be running at 6.12 volts. This is with 25 watts as a factor.These figures are accurate and done with my Ohm calculator. So you see besides other factors their is quite a difference in voltage. Also amps. So yes, there IS a difference! You can read a little online on how different ohms effect your vape. It will change your voltage and amps of your battery along with other factors that depend on the RBA/RDA atomizer your running.
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I am definitely not one of those who tries picking fights over the internet! But this one has me baffled!! I have to ask, what does this mean? Where do you come across this assumption??
In my opinion, if I was a battery, I would MUCH prefer to jog around making 2.24V vs having to SPRINT to make 5.5V. Plus I would have longer life and not need to be charged all the dang time. I would be a happy battery at 2.24V.
Could you perhaps explain this??
In a regulated mod, the battery doesn't know or care about the resistance of the coil. The circuitry takes care of step-up or step-down, and the current drawn from the battery at 25W output will be more or less the same.
Any differences in the vape will be due to different surface area, heat capacity and shape of the coil, plus wicking, and airflow.
Any differences in the vape will be due to different surface area, heat capacity and shape of the coil, plus wicking, and airflow.
I was more specifically referring to using 2.24V to try and heat a .2 ohm coil. You'll need to hold the button down for quite some time (which is fine I suppose, because the amp demand is low) before you start getting vapor. While in theory, you should get more battery life out of the battery because you're demanding less voltage, you'll also be holding down the button for 5-10 seconds per hit as opposed to 1-5 seconds. I don't think you'd actually save much in the way of battery life, it might actually be MORE efficient to use a higher wattage and utilize the pulse discharge as opposed to the continuous.
Not to mention, sort of more arbitrarily, if you're relying on your battery lasting forever (as you likely would be at 2.24V/.2 ohms) you're more likely to discharge your battery beyond 3.6V, a point at which you should charge your battery.
The lower the coil resistance is, the higher is the ampere which drain from battery. So, if u vape a coil with 0,2 Ohm resistance you pull with every breath 2,5 ampere out of your battery, so if u vape a coil with 1,5 Ohm you've pull 1 ampere out of your battery. So if you vape with subohm coil builds your batterylife isnt as long as you vape with higher resistance builds.
ps. sorry for my eglish, im german
ps. sorry for my eglish, im german
While this is correct as far as volts go, the big thing I look at with it is the amp load on the cell, the 0.2 ohm coil @ 25 watts is little over 11 amps, The 1.2 ohm coil @ 25 watts is 4 amps.
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ok coffee hadn't kicked in yet and I had forgot to clear the calculator I used and yes the little over 11 amps is correct sorry guys
In a mech mod.
But if we're talking 25W at a low resistance versus 25W at a higher resistance, we're probably talking about a regulated mod.
Na, you're both wrong ... it's 11.1803399 amps
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