Is it alright to ignore the blinking resistance on my hana? With my .6 dual coil build I get the best vape at 25 watts which brings about 3.9 volts to the table and since it's not putting out 4 volts the resistance blinks so I just wanted to know if that's something I can pay no mind to without any negative consequences.
Hana modz blinking resistance
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It just means the vape is unregulated and your voltage is determined by the battery alone, like a mech mod.
So you actually are not getting 3.9v. At least not consistently.
If you want it to be regulated you need to increase wattage to where the ohms meter stops flashing and the applied voltage displays a minimum of 4v
So you actually are not getting 3.9v. At least not consistently.
If you want it to be regulated you need to increase wattage to where the ohms meter stops flashing and the applied voltage displays a minimum of 4v
Scar what wattage are you vaping at I'm at 25 watts on a 1.0 ohm build, I made a duel Micro dragon coil set up. The voltage for that build and wattage is 5.2v no Blinking resistance and it vapes insanely good. I also vaped a .19 build on it at 25w and the voltage drops to 2.7v if I drop the wattage to 7W the voltage is 1.4v so IMO the Hana or DNA30 chip clones are better suited for vaping in the upper Ohms range I get more vapor from the 1.0 build then I do the .19 for the same wattage setting. Id try a build in the .7 - .8 range to see if your voltage hits 4v, but I would suspect your gonna want to vape it around 25w for that voltage and build. hope this makes sense
Vape what you like and what the device can do. I think it is a bug that the DNA 30 will fire and give you more watts than you asked for and others think it is a feature.
If you truly like a 25 watt vape from a DNA30 you need to go with a coil higher than .6. If you want 25 watts at .6 you need to use a different device.
Moving the watts over 25 will also let the DNA 30 handle it correctly.
This is a little venting on my part but, you told the device you wanted 25 watts and the device determined the coil was .6 ohms and the device figured out it needed to put 3.9 volts out. So far so good. Now, the device does not have circuitry to lower voltage, I think this is a design flaw, so, with a fresh battery it can not put out 3.9 volts. Since it can not do what you want I do not think it should do anything. If I ask for 7 watts the device will give me over 25, more than 3 times what I asked for, with a fresh battery. Another problem is that with a slightly drained battery it can do a regulated 3.9 volts and it still just dumps battery voltage. Finally if the battery is at 3.5 volts it is only giving me 20 of the 25 amps I asked for.
If you truly like a 25 watt vape from a DNA30 you need to go with a coil higher than .6. If you want 25 watts at .6 you need to use a different device.
Moving the watts over 25 will also let the DNA 30 handle it correctly.
This is a little venting on my part but, you told the device you wanted 25 watts and the device determined the coil was .6 ohms and the device figured out it needed to put 3.9 volts out. So far so good. Now, the device does not have circuitry to lower voltage, I think this is a design flaw, so, with a fresh battery it can not put out 3.9 volts. Since it can not do what you want I do not think it should do anything. If I ask for 7 watts the device will give me over 25, more than 3 times what I asked for, with a fresh battery. Another problem is that with a slightly drained battery it can do a regulated 3.9 volts and it still just dumps battery voltage. Finally if the battery is at 3.5 volts it is only giving me 20 of the 25 amps I asked for.
Well I don't blame your lack of appreciation. It definitely should be variable voltage and I should be able to vape it at seven if I want to without my mod trying to tell me how I need to live my life. In all honesty I've been pretty disappointed with it. And as soon as my kayfun gets here that's going on it and I'm going to slap a 1.2 coil on that thing and just make it work and never do anything else with it again. I've got plenty of mechs that are just fine for rda's but I always see people using drippers on their dna 30's but I've had the hardest time getting a build with good flavor that doesn't burn a soaked wick on every third puff.
The point of a DNA board is to allow you the sub ohm experience without using sub ohm coils. IMO the perfect build with a DNA30 is a 2 ohm build. 2 Ohms will allow you to go all the way from 'to hot' to 'to cold' staying within the parameters of the DNA board.
Evolv DNA boards can only boost voltage, they can't reduce voltage. IMO this makes the Evolv Kick-2 a better choice provided the you don't need more than 15 watts. My setup requires 3.5v at the wattage I want, and a DNA was not intended for that.
High wattage use with a mechanical is completely different than high wattage use with a DNA. You simply have to change hats when you switch from one to the other. If you're thinking mechanical, your DNA won't work well.
Don't blame the DNA .... blame your build.
Evolv DNA boards can only boost voltage, they can't reduce voltage. IMO this makes the Evolv Kick-2 a better choice provided the you don't need more than 15 watts. My setup requires 3.5v at the wattage I want, and a DNA was not intended for that.
High wattage use with a mechanical is completely different than high wattage use with a DNA. You simply have to change hats when you switch from one to the other. If you're thinking mechanical, your DNA won't work well.
Don't blame the DNA .... blame your build.
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Fair enough. I have had more luck trying higher resistance builds on it but it's still not quite perfect there's more trial and error to go into it I'm sure. And I think I'm going to have to get a higher gauge of kanthal though. I wrapped a 1.8 with 28 gauge and that was massive for a micro.
For sure! I use 30ga. or 32ga. depending on the RBA/RDA I'm putting the coil in.
I as pointed out have been finding the higher Ohms builds vape much better on the DNA units. The build I'm using rite now at 1.0 ohms has been awesome I have a build at 2.0 ohms sitting awaiting my wife to bring home some organic cotton from the Vape shop. I suspect the 2 Ohm build will be even better use of the DNA chip. I reserve all my sub ohm stuff for the Mech mods, but figured Id atleast try it out on the DNA, I do get the .19 build to produce some fantastic vapor at 25-30 watts. I get even more vapor though at 1 ohm.
Let me know how that 2 ohm build turns out. I want to put sub ohm builds on mine too but I can't get it to perform. My preferred build is .5 but I think I may have said already even at 30watts my rig won't put out the minimum 4 volts to make it happy with such a low res coil and the vape is just sub par. Could anyone recommend a good kayfun build for my dna? I planned on bringing a backup mech and all but I'm leaving for vacation Tuesday and my kayfun gets here tomorrow which means I have only a few hours to get it running beautifully before I have to work tomorrow night and leave first thing in the morning.
I'm currently running a 1.8ohm 28g micro coil in my kayfun, on top of the Cana DNA30. It can fire all the way down to 9.2W and way up to 30W. This is by far the better choice. I started with a 1.2ohm 28g coil, and it could not fire lower than 12W on the kayfun, without the resistance meter flashing. I found a slightly burnt taste at 12W on the Cana, and I think it puts out more than 12W on that setup. Therefore the 1.8ohm is much better suited for my vaping habit, as I prefer no burnt taste
. For me, on the Cana and kayfun combo, around 11W-11.5W is perfect, and for that I guess you need a coil of at least 1.45ohm.Everything about this post I agree with, through learning it the hard way. Even last night I'm still building dual coil 24g for my mech and trying them on the dna.
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To the guy that gets "great vapor with the .19 build on the DNA30... 1 I'm surprised it even fires as it's not suppose to fire below .5
2. If it does indeed fire that low, any settings will be a lie as the previous posters pointed out . He is not getting the wattage on screen - But Rather is getting the wattage of what a .19 ohm and 3.7 volt (or whatever the battery is actually at) battery produces.
Maybe I misunderstood and he uses the .19 build on his mechs
I too have been Having trouble finding a good build for the DNA30 - my fault for not reading into the chip more - with all the great chatter about DNA chips I didn't do enough of my own research.
I think it's quite horrible actually for any tank system - with a dripper you can at least completely saturate the wick like crazy and get a couple good vapes- but I hate having to drip every 30 seconds !! ! I bought it for kayfun'so and other tanks hoping to rock a 1.2 ohm build but that build is useless on the DNA30
Like the posters have said around 2 ohms is where ya wanna be on your favorite rta's . However, I found that 30 watts at a 2 ohm build is not as nice as 30 watts with a subohm build - I find the subohm builds much less "burnt" tasting for a given wattage. Weird - technically they should taste the same but I guess even though the science says they the same there is some art to this vaping thing we do and not all science
Extremely dissappointed with the DNA 30 - my fault for not researching - will continue to try some more 2 ohm builds with different gauge wires - maybe that will produce a decent vape -
2. If it does indeed fire that low, any settings will be a lie as the previous posters pointed out . He is not getting the wattage on screen - But Rather is getting the wattage of what a .19 ohm and 3.7 volt (or whatever the battery is actually at) battery produces.
Maybe I misunderstood and he uses the .19 build on his mechs
I too have been Having trouble finding a good build for the DNA30 - my fault for not reading into the chip more - with all the great chatter about DNA chips I didn't do enough of my own research.
I think it's quite horrible actually for any tank system - with a dripper you can at least completely saturate the wick like crazy and get a couple good vapes- but I hate having to drip every 30 seconds !! ! I bought it for kayfun'so and other tanks hoping to rock a 1.2 ohm build but that build is useless on the DNA30
Like the posters have said around 2 ohms is where ya wanna be on your favorite rta's . However, I found that 30 watts at a 2 ohm build is not as nice as 30 watts with a subohm build - I find the subohm builds much less "burnt" tasting for a given wattage. Weird - technically they should taste the same but I guess even though the science says they the same there is some art to this vaping thing we do and not all science
Extremely dissappointed with the DNA 30 - my fault for not researching - will continue to try some more 2 ohm builds with different gauge wires - maybe that will produce a decent vape -
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