Burnt my throat I guess

[epelto]

I am a couple weeks into vaping. I quit smoking cigs in 2006. Been hooked on nicorette, patches and Red Man chew on and off since. Ended up trying ecigs and fell in love with it. So I jump right in with a provari mini and a Z-Atty-Pro. Making my own juice. Still have not found my all day vape. Mix a new batch each night. So many flavors. Just watched the Vape team talk about the dangers of certain ingredients in oil base and flavors containing Diasateal. I am hoping that these ingredients will be on the label of my flavors so I can avoid them.

Anyway, in that episode of the vape team they talked about newbees. That would be me. I think I just had my voltage up too high on my provari and burnt my throat yesterday. How do I know what to set the voltage at? Is there a recommended setting for the resistance of the coil or what?

 

[Twinkie Mayne]

what is the resistance on your z atty?
for me personally, my sweet spot is 9watts. 10watts is a bit too strong.
this will help.

Watts - volts - amps - ohms conversion calculator

just enter the resistance of the atty and set the watts to 9 and hit calculate. it'll pop up with the watts. punch that in your provari and see how it tastes. adjust up or down in .1 increments depending on how you think the flavor is.

hope this helped!

edit: MAKE SURE TO DRINK LOTS OF WATER WHILE VAPING!!
edit edit: also try not to chain vape as well as making sure theres juice in your atty while you vape. 3-5 drops of juice, vape 5-8 times depending on your vape style and repeat.

 

[epelto]

Thanks for the response. I was at 3.9v last night. Today I dialed down to 3.3v and the taste is much better and I think more smooth. 2ohms on the coil. Even at the 3.9v the watts are low at 7.6. You are right, chain vape leaves burnt taste on second hit. 5.5 watts tonight and still can't hit 2 times in a row without the off taste.

 

[Twinkie Mayne]

are you hitting the atty really hard???
imo at 3.9v and a 2ohm atty i would think its under performing a little but it should be decent.
try hitting it soft. you dont need to take a hard pull like youre trying to down a cigarette
light light vapes. perhaps draw into your mouth then inhale into your lungs(idk if you already do this?)
the atty isnt running dry is it?

 

[epelto]

The atty is very open so I don't have any choice but to draw very slow. I have been using another e cig out and about. Maybe that one caused my trouble.

 

[Twinkie Mayne]

what do you mean very open? hope you have a drip tip on???

 

[epelto]

Airy open draw

 

[Twinkie Mayne]

Hmm I don't really know what to say. Perhaps try a vendor juice for a day and see how that goes? Maybe your juice is the problem?

 

[epelto]

That was my other thought. I ordered nicotine and pg from another supplier. 2 nights ago I went from pg,vg mix to wal mart glycerin thinned with vodka. That helped taste. Gonna try distilled water on the next batch. I just wanna get to where I am going.

 

[Twinkie Mayne]

Hmmm wish I could be of more help but I'm new at the vaping thing too....

 

[epelto]

Seems good tonight at the lower voltage. I think I just need to heal.

 

[epelto]

I will be anxious to see how it goes.

 

[Maxsidious]

Is the burn caused by the heat of the vapor? or the chemicals?

 

[epelto]

Time will tell.

 

[mainevaper]

I think this is what your looking for.
Vaping Power Chart 2.0 - Imgur

 

[MMarie]

If you thinned your juice with vodka, it will add more throat hit. Try thinning with distilled (not tap, not filtered but distilled) water. It should help.

 

[epelto]

YES! This totally is what I needed. Thank You! My coil was 1.7 the other night and I was monkeying around with the voltage. I am sure I was close if not in the red zone.
http://imgur.com/r/electronic_cigarette/Ohn8o