Can you tell when the battery in your mech is low?

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Except that I don't like TH and design my DIY juice and coils to give as little as possible so I do not have that clue. It is vapor productin alone I have to go on.
Doesn't the vapor taste different because there is less? It does for me, around 3.7 volts everything seems muted.
 

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Doesn't the vapor taste different because there is less? It does for me, around 3.7 volts everything seems muted.

Given the juices I am using which are somewhat muted to begin with I probably am not noticing it much. By the time I do I am in the 2.5-2.7 range. I just take the battery off every couple hours and put it on the multimeter. It hits 3.5 it goes on the charger. It is one of the reasons I use the REO more than the sentinel. For some reason it is obvious with the REO and I never get into the danger zone.
 

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Given the juices I am using which are somewhat muted to begin with I probably am not noticing it much. By the time I do I am in the 2.5-2.7 range. I just take the battery off every couple hours and put it on the multimeter. It hits 3.5 it goes on the charger. It is one of the reasons I use the REO more than the sentinel. For some reason it is obvious with the REO and I never get into the danger zone.

2.5. Wow. How can you go, lol.

Why not gauge your batt life to liquid consumption volume?
 

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2.5. Wow. How can you go, lol.

Why not gauge your batt life to liquid consumption volume?

That is what I do with the REO these days. WIth the IGO -L it is actually dripping. I find it a bit difficult with 30-50 mL bottles to gauge it that way by eye. It is easier for me to just yank the battery and stick it on the multimeter now and then than to rebottle the juice into smaller bottles.
 

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That is what I do with the REO these days. WIth the IGO -L it is actually dripping. I find it a bit difficult with 30-50 mL bottles to gauge it that way by eye. It is easier for me to just yank the battery and stick it on the multimeter now and then than to rebottle the juice into smaller bottles.

I'm always switching flavors on RDA so volume not that trackable.
Looks like you've got yourself a genuine DMM application unless vapor production, flavor or warmth provides clue.
 

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I have experience with drying wicks, i use cotton and i always set my mechs up for around .2-.3 ohm dual coil in auto dripping mode on a genesis. Every second hit or so i i tilt to redrip but sometimes i forget and i get the dreaded dry hit, and it does not taste good at 60-80 watts lol.
As far as the battery i always just change it out at about 3-4 hours. When i recharge it, it is usually around 3.7 volts.
 

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I have experience with drying wicks, i use cotton and i always set my mechs up for around .2-.3 ohm dual coil in auto dripping mode on a genesis. Every second hit or so i i tilt to redrip but sometimes i forget and i get the dreaded dry hit, and it does not taste good at 60-80 watts lol.
As far as the battery i always just change it out at about 3-4 hours. When i recharge it, it is usually around 3.7 volts.

I did dual wick TP upgrade to auto dripper wick and it works great. Works on cloud maker RTA and single coil RTA.
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I have experience with drying wicks, i use cotton and i always set my mechs up for around .2-.3 ohm dual coil in auto dripping mode on a genesis. Every second hit or so i i tilt to redrip but sometimes i forget and i get the dreaded dry hit, and it does not taste good at 60-80 watts lol.
As far as the battery i always just change it out at about 3-4 hours. When i recharge it, it is usually around 3.7 volts.
Your batteries only charge to 3.7 Volts?
 

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Thats pretty cool i might have to give that a try.

It works great in tiny cobra deck holes and 3/16" deck holes in dual coil cloud maker RTA.
Just pull to refresh wick. First auto dripper wick gets the juice above deck. Second above deck wick maintains proper tension inside coil and serves as a juice capacitor. Lately I've been using looped thread to pull wicks though coil. It allows coil to be positioned close to air cap hole (not over deck hole).

Sorry for high jack.
 
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