6 Volt vaping - troubleshooting

[AnthonyB]

Hey all,

Just recently I experimented with 6 volts. I purchased a Provari and a Roughstack (talk about a contrast). When I first started messing around with higher voltages I messed up a lot of atty's which went to atomizer heaven (RIP), but now I've become quite savvy in the art of the relationship between ohms, watts and voltage.

I found 6 volt vaping to be very satisfying and I think all things being equal (including wattage), vaping higher voltage with higher ohms produces a more vapor but it's softer than vaping LR on a lower voltage.

Anyway to my problem. I purchased 2 4.5 ohm atomizers which I thought would be very sufficient resistance on a 6 volt device (the Provari and the Roughstack with 2 X CR123s). But I lost an atomizer within one day. I noticed the ohms started to drop quickly down to 3.0 in the space of 24 hours (as measured on my Provari). Then it dropped even more to 2.5 within another 24 hours.

What I am noticing is that even when the ohms are as high as 4.5 on my atty, the atty is still getting hot and leaky. It's as if the resistance isn't working or something. Before I got educated on voltage and resistance I tried to run some lower resistance attys at high voltage and paid the price - leaking, heating up and eventual death of the atty, but why is this happening with a 4.5 ohm atty that runs at a nice moderate 8 watts on a 6 volt setting?

Any hints, tips or advice on 6 volt vaping would be greatly appreciated along with any recommendation on atty's. I think my atomizer in question was a bauway but I could be wrong. It had a gold coloured band at the atomizer end.

Thanks!

Anthony

 

[Dudeman]

Your vaping style and juice could aslo play a role with what your describing.

Vaping at 6v and up can be a tricky place to visit. I lived there for over a year.

I've used standard resistance 510's, 901's and various cartos. I've tried too many HR atty's as well.

Atty's just don't cut it at 6v IMO. 901's arent bad but 6v will cook juice fast on a standard resistance atty. I was never a fan of dripping even tho I did it for a LONG time.

HR atty's are a waste of time IMO. Why bother? Use a lower voltage with a standard atty and you'll get just as good a vape. Afterall, you do have a ProVari.

Carto's by contrast, seem to come alive on anything above 5v. I used the standard 3ohm Boge carto's almost exclusively when I was vaping 6v. The dual coil carto's are even better but I've only tried a couple of them.

 

[AnthonyB]

Your vaping style and juice could aslo play a role with what your describing.

Vaping at 6v and up can be a tricky place to visit. I lived there for over a year.

I've used standard resistance 510's, 901's and various cartos. I've tried too many HR atty's as well.

Atty's just don't cut it at 6v IMO. 901's arent bad but 6v will cook juice fast on a standard resistance atty. I was never a fan of dripping even tho I did it for a LONG time.

HR atty's are a waste of time IMO. Why bother? Use a lower voltage with a standard atty and you'll get just as good a vape. Afterall, you do have a ProVari.

Carto's by contrast, seem to come alive on anything above 5v. I used the standard 3ohm Boge carto's almost exclusively when I was vaping 6v. The dual coil carto's are even better but I've only tried a couple of them.

Thanks dudeman,

I tried a 3 ohm Boge cart on a 5 volt setting and it was great. I also tried a 2.5 ohm smoke tech dual coil on 5 volts and it was fantastic as well! Wasn't daring to try it at 6 volts. The carto seemed to be working pretty at 5 volts. Is it my imagination or do Boge cartos only take about 10 to 15 drops before they start to leak out the bottom? It's a great cart but the smoke tech dual coils take 50 or more drops!

Anthony