hcigar DNA 30 battery life

[Jacob Fulkerson]

I just got a hcigar dna 30. I've tried from from .5-2.5 coils at 15-30 watts and the battery and my batteries are only lasting about two hours! What am I doing wrong?! Using vtc4 batts.

 

[Susan~S]

Bump for advise/suggestions.

 

[State O' Flux]

Welcome to ECF, Jacob...

Depends entirely on your output settings, battery state of charge and your subjective vaping habits... like chain vaping.
For example... with a 1.0Ω atomizer, a setting of 15 watts and a 2100 mAh battery... your 'run time' is 28 minutes.

Break that down and you're looking at roughly 160 draws of 10 seconds duration. At 0.5Ω /30 watts... cut everything in half.

Hi Susan!

 

[Warpigs]

Welcome to ECF!

 

[rusty zipper]

I have the DNA 30 as well. Nothing unusual, 30 watts is a big drain. There's the voltage supplied to your coil(s), plus losses in the electronics that take the 3.7v and increase it to whatever voltage is necessary to provide the desired wattage. IMO the DNA 30 is OK for higher ohm builds, but if you're driving sub-ohm loads, you may be better with an 18650 directly driving your coils. For a .5 ohm build I use a mechanical mod. I get better battery life, and it's a snap replacing the battery. 1.6 ohms and above I use the DNA 30.

For the same wattage you can have a low voltage and low resistance, or a higher voltage and a more resistive load. Currently I running a .2 ohm build. Running an 18650 at, say, 3.7 volts, the coils are dissipating about 68 watts (or about 18 amps), well beyond the capability of the DNA 30.

Sorry for babbling. Welcome!

Regards,
Rusty

 

[Jacob Fulkerson]

I've learned since I posted that that rusty speaks true. I've got a build on it Right now that is 2.9 and 20 watts and its pretty sweet.guess I'll keep my sub's on my mechs. Thanks everyone.