Extreme Mech Mods?

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Few questions- wanted to post in the Ask A Veteran section yet I do not have access to do so yet.

In a mechanical mod the resistance is determined solely by the coiling correct? That is to say a mechanical is simply a battery, coils, and a switch to complete the circuit.

Second question is what I've been trying to wrap my head around the most. If I have mod that works perfectly and take a hit off of it I get X amount of vapor. If I have an identical mod in the other hand and run a hose between the two units to take a hit off of each at an equal rate then I also have the same X amount of vapor (in theory your amount of air through your intakes is the limiting factor-- your lungs can only pull that same amount Y-- so if both mods work correctly then 100% lung capacity on one mod is the same as 50% lung capacity on both mods at once). Now.. if you were to tighten the intakes on both units so there is less airflow. The coils run hotter but not a lot actually since you are taking a slower hit between two units-- half the duration of a normal slow hit on one since your airflow could technically be the same as a single unit with a larger intake. The idea is though that on a slower draw you have a higher vapor to blank air ratio (although in most setups the quick and airy draw helps keep the coils cool and at that "perfect" balance between suction and vapor production... you'd likely have to mess with the design a bit). Essentially you'd pull more vapor and your clouds would be denser. Correct me if I'm wrong anywhere lol

So my question then is why haven't I seen mods yet that run crazy setups for insane clouds? I.e. 1 housing, 4 batteries, each battery running it's own octacoil, a master switch to activate all the pins at once. Hit the switch, completes the circuit for 4 different battery/coil setups (for simplicity and safety vs running units in parallel or in an array and trusting solely in the resistance of the combined coils), each coil arrangement heats, all leads to a single mouthpiece. Smaller holes for tighter draws but since you're pulling equal airflow over 4 arrangements at once, even if the holes are half the size of a unit by itself, then you're still not going to draw on it any longer than you would a single arrangement with a single battery. Except your vapor will be much denser-- and not even much warmer at all. Since cloud size at full lung capacity relies only on the denseness of the cloud...

Did I go wrong somewhere? Is this possible? Would it require an immense amount of math? Or would it be possible even in a board setup with a kick or capacitor and zener to limit the charge and discharge?

I don't mind how it would have to be done but I would like to hear some opinions on if, or if not, this would even be possible. Thanks!
 

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Well, in answer to your first question, yes the resistance is pretty much only determined by your coil. There will be a small resistance inherent in the current path of the device, but on most mechanical mods it is insignificant

On the second question, in practice on any typical atomizer setup you actually get more vapor from an airier draw. I can't speak to the physics of it, maybe somebody else can

And your third question I'm just going to leave alone :laugh: That would be one hell of an ambitious design! probably more work than it would be worth to design/build (unless the enjoyment of that process was the real goal). The closest I've seen to that would be the couple of double-barrel mods that have been made over the years (one mod body, only one battery source, but two 510 connectors), I'm not sure if any of those are even around anymore
 

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Few questions- wanted to post in the Ask A Veteran section yet I do not have access to do so yet.

In a mechanical mod the resistance is determined solely by the coiling correct? That is to say a mechanical is simply a battery, coils, and a switch to complete the circuit.

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well a mech is just a tube with a switch; no battery; no coil.

you put the battery inside the mech mod.
you put the topper with the coil on top the mech.
 

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Well, it wouldnt be practical to run an "octocoil"

With a single coil running .4 ohms on my Reo I get about 40 watts. With a dual coil at .4 ohms, I get 20 watts per coil, therefore 40 watts.

With a quad coil? I would get 10 watts per coil.

octocoil? 5 watts per coil. Ever vaped at 5 watts? This wouldn't produce barely any vapor. Thats why you dont see quad coil builds at much higher than .2 ohms. It just doesn't work as well.

If I taped 4 stingrays together and put identical builds on each topper, sure that would work. But to have them all circuited into the same system? You would have to be able to exactly wrap each coil identically, and add to that variances in the internal resistances of A. each mech tube, and B. each atomizer, where fractions of resistances would have a huge, possibly adverse affect on the equal production from each atomizer.

Also, why would we want any more vapor than can be produced from a single .17 ohm dual/quad coil build? ever seen that kind of vapor in person? It's just outrageous. You would also have to drip each topper evenly

End result? Impracticable. My opinion anyway. I'll stick with my Reo+Trident V2
 
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