Can someone help with this, I love to drip and have a VV which I have a 2.0 atty on. I just tried a Bauway 3.2 which gave great vape cloud. I just need help with all this. I use my VV at 4.5 to 4.8 for the most part but I loved the 3.2 ohm when I cranked it up to 5.0 and above. How do these work? Should I use the higher ohm or lower? I do not want to fry my lower atty's and was wondering if I should buy these higher ohm to avoid that if I vape my VV at 5.0 and above. I like the hard hit so I want to know what one will give me the hard menthol hit. Any help will be great.
Dripping and Atty ohm's, what to use?
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A 3.2 ohm should let you go to 5 volts safely, a 2.0 ohm maxes around 4 volts or so. You can drive them higher but it's probably bad for the atty. Here is a handy-dandy chart.
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I've found the 3.2ohm to be great at 5v. Technically you should get the same experience at 3.9-4v with a 2.0ohm atty. I would suggest starting out at around 3.7v and working your way up from there to see what gives you the best combination of flavor and throat hit. Some atomizers and cartomizers will fail pretty quickly if the voltage is too high, so don't be too quick to try the higher voltage range.
it's up to you to figure out what wattage you like to vape at. I like 7.5-8 watts.
After you know the wattage you want just use this to figure out where to set the voltage.
Ohm's Law Calculator
After you know the wattage you want just use this to figure out where to set the voltage.
Ohm's Law Calculator
If you have a battery that can provide it, high voltage and high resistance is better than low voltage and lower resistance to give the same wattage. What that wattage is will be up to you, but doing it with a higher resistance is better for a few reasons. So, figure out what wattage you generally prefer and use one of the higher resistance/voltage combinations to achieve it.
First, in general, higher resistance atty's don't burn out as fast. Second, a HV/HR combination draws fewer amps and is easier on your battery. Third, there is more "granularity" at higher voltages. IOW, a 0.1V change, using a LR atty will result in a larger change in wattage than a 0.1V change with a 3.2ohm atty. Think of it like having a volume with 20 settings as opposed to a knob with 10 settings. The 20 setting knob is capable of finer adjustments. It has more "granularity". Similarly, the HV/HR rig is capable of finer adjustments than a LV/LR setup.
First, in general, higher resistance atty's don't burn out as fast. Second, a HV/HR combination draws fewer amps and is easier on your battery. Third, there is more "granularity" at higher voltages. IOW, a 0.1V change, using a LR atty will result in a larger change in wattage than a 0.1V change with a 3.2ohm atty. Think of it like having a volume with 20 settings as opposed to a knob with 10 settings. The 20 setting knob is capable of finer adjustments. It has more "granularity". Similarly, the HV/HR rig is capable of finer adjustments than a LV/LR setup.
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