eVic Temperature - High readings?

[DutchFlyer]

Hi!

This is probably meant more for the eVic specific forum, but I'm too new to post anywhere but here...

My evic, when running my Olympus Hybrid in genesis mode, reads out high temps (120 deg F) very quickly. It doesn't seem that warm... the head is kinda warm, but not very. The "hot" part of the Olympus is pretty warm, but doesn't seem too hot...

When should I worry? And what should I be worrying about?

Thanks!

 

[MattyB1503]

Genesis do heat up. You can try moving your wick; if it's floating (not touching the wick hole at all) you'll get the least amount of heat transfer. The center post of the atty is directly connected to the evic's head though, vape it hard enough and I'm sure it'll heat up.

I'm not sure if your evic should be throwing an error tho. There has defiantly been times when I could fry an egg on my Bliss but I'm running like half an ohm on a 18490 mech.

 

[crxess]

Your eVic is doing its job. Reporting a condition you may otherwise be happily ignorant of. Coils can produce a lot of heat and heavy metal tanks can store much of that heat energy.
What ohm load are you running?
Care should be taken not to over heat the electronic circuitry for long periods............in any APV.

eVic head is NOT designed as a Heat sink and cannot draw off large amounts of heat the way a Mech Mod would.

 

[AttyPops]

Is the heat warning on the eVic for the atomizer or....guessing here....the internal circuits (switch)?

I would have guessed it's a self-protection thing for the circuits.

What ohms is your rig OP? What voltage (or wattage) are you using?

 

[DutchFlyer]

2 ohms. And I *think* the eVic is attempting to read the temp of the atomizer; the temp reading disappears and is replaced with "please install atomizer" when I unscrew it.

Something to add, though; I just noticed this. The problem only occurs when I vape with the eVic plugged in. I can vape it pretty hard and not get the warning as long as the eVic isn't charging while I do it. But when in pass-through mode, the temp it senses shoots right to 120 deg F pretty quickly. (I believe 120 is the highest it can sense or display; I've never seen it higher than that.) Also, I've never seen a temp higher than 98 deg F, except of course in this one situation.

Weirdness.

 

[AttyPops]

Guessing that the charging function also adds heat to the PCB inside...

So between the vaping and the charging the circuitry is getting too hot.

BTW....120 F is way below vape temp so I don't think it's the coils.