current (amps) burning out atomizers?

[betterthanyou]

I just read on another site "Current (measured in amps) is what can burn out clearomizers and batteries. Roughly speaking: around 1.5 amps is fine; 2.0+ amps is risky."

How is it risky?
So if I'm running a mech at 4.2v with a .6 total resistance dual coil (two 1.2ohm coils), I have 3.5amps running through each coil (if I am doing this right).

Is this a problem? Dont most subohm builds involve more than 2 amps?

 

[DurtyZ]

I think that's true for batteries, if you pull too many amps out of a battery than it is rated for then it will damage it and most likely send it into thermal runaway.

As for clearomizers, I believe it has more to do with watts/volts and wicking. Mainly on factory coils. Rebuildables follow a different set of rules because of the higher quality/thicker wires used.

 

[UncleChuck]

I just read on another site "Current (measured in amps) is what can burn out clearomizers and batteries. Roughly speaking: around 1.5 amps is fine; 2.0+ amps is risky."

How is it risky?
So if I'm running a mech at 4.2v with a .6 total resistance dual coil (two 1.2ohm coils), I have 3.5amps running through each coil (if I am doing this right).

Is this a problem? Dont most subohm builds involve more than 2 amps?

It sounds like either:

A. Old information from the dark days of vaping, meaningless now, so you can ignore it.
B. Ignorant poster who has no idea what he's talking about, so you can ignore it.

As long as the current that your build is pulling falls within the continuous rated current of the battery you are good, don't worry about what you read, just someone talking out their rear

EDIT:

I tracked down where you read that and it's like I said, just old information from the days before rebuildables, basically not applicable anymore.

 

[betterthanyou]

It sounds like either:

A. Old information from the dark days of vaping, meaningless now, so you can ignore it.
B. Ignorant poster who has no idea what he's talking about, so you can ignore it.

As long as the current that your build is pulling falls within the continuous rated current of the battery you are good, don't worry about what you read, just someone talking out their rear

exactly what i was thinking

 

[hazarada]

what burns out coils is heat. It can be 1000 amps for all the coil cares, as long as it doesn't go above the recommended temperature. I think he got the idea from the fact that going over the current carrying capacity of a wire creates sort of a resistance wall that directly translates the extra energy to heat but considering the current carrying stuff inside e-cigs, we aren't anywhere near that amount.

 

[SkvLTD]

Just don't do what one of my mates who JUST got a dripper did- some generic battery with .3 dual coil build. His Magneto firing button would get hot after 3 seconds of firing.

So, as with any sophisticated, or in this case potentially volatile electric devices- buy quality core parts, like batteries in this case.