Help Me Understand Variable Voltage

[CatClick]

I am ten days into vaping full time and up until yesterday I had a basic Ego battery that had no VV settings. Yesterday I bought a Vision Spinner and I've been playing with it.

I have an iClear 16 on it and I have no idea what the ohms is on it so I am not sure where to set the spinner to get the sweet spot.

My spinner adjusts from 3.3 volts to 4.8 volts.

When I set it all the way down at the lowest setting it gets very little vapor and no flavor.

When I put it all the way up to 4.8 the hit is way hot and tastes burnt.

Between 3.8 and 4.3 seems to be the sweet spot I guess but I'm not sure why this is.

I have two innokin itaste vv v3 coming today in the mail. These have a display on them and I hope they are easy to use for a newbie like me.

Thanks for any input!!

 

[Daryl Glen]

I am ten days into vaping full time and up until yesterday I had a basic Ego battery that had no VV settings. Yesterday I bought a Vision Spinner and I've been playing with it.

I have an iClear 16 on it and I have no idea what the ohms is on it so I am not sure where to set the spinner to get the sweet spot.

My spinner adjusts from 3.3 volts to 4.8 volts.

When I set it all the way down at the lowest setting it gets very little vapor and no flavor.

When I put it all the way up to 4.8 the hit is way hot and tastes burnt.

Between 3.8 and 4.3 seems to be the sweet spot I guess but I'm not sure why this is.

I have two innokin itaste vv v3 coming today in the mail. These have a display on them and I hope they are easy to use for a newbie like me.

Thanks for any input!!

Variable Voltage is simply the ability to adjust your volts to find your "sweet spot". After a while, you will know how many ohms your head (iclear 16) is, and what volts taste the best for you.
Also, different juices respond better to higher volts than others. So, that is a variable to keep in mind too.

But simply put, if you don't have a variable voltage device, you are stuck at whatever voltage your battery performs at.
So, variable voltage allows you to find the best taste for yourself.
Hope that helps!

 

[Spazmelda]

Perhaps more detail than you want. You don't have to understand this to vape, but in case you were interested...

Basically, the coil vaporizes as a function of the power. Power is a measure of the rate of energy transfer. Whenever you use your ecig you are using some measure of power to vaporize the liquid.

Power, for our case, can be determined by: [volts x volts]/resistance

Or volts squared divided by ohms.

Before variable voltage batteries were common, the easiest way to change the power was by changing the resistance. So, you can see from the equation, if you decrease the resistance, you will increase the power. So if people wanted more oomph from their 3.4 volt battery, they could switch to a lower ohm atomizer.

Now, with variable voltage being so common, you can change the power either by increasing or decreasing the voltage, or by increasing or decreasing the resistance. Most people have a preferred power range, whether they know it or not, though this can vary depending on the juice and delivery device.

With a vv device, you could essentially get the same power from, say, a 1.8ohm coil and a 2.2ohm coil, simply by changing the voltage.

ETA: Too much power can cause the juice to burn. Too little power results in a weak vape.

 

[Topwater Elvis]

Your sweet spot is unique to your taste preferences.

The point to using VV/VW power devices is the variable feature, it allows you to adjust the power going to the coil/head to find your sweet spot using a wide variety of juice flavors, pg/vg ratios and different delivery device resistances.

No charts, math or formulas are needed to enjoy the benefits of variable power devices.
Start off at a low power and slowly work your way up, if you taste a hint of burn turn it down slightly.

If for some reason yours doesn't include the instructions / users manual---> iTaste VV V3.0 User Manual - Best Electronic Cigarette | E Cigarette Manufacturer| Innokin

 

[Thrasher]

I have an iClear 16 on it and I have no idea what the ohms is on it so I am not sure where to set the spinner to get the sweet spot.
Between 3.8 and 4.3 seems to be the sweet spot

sounds like you already have the answer.

No charts, math or formulas are needed to enjoy the benefits of variable power devices.
Start off at a low power and slowly work your way up, if you taste a hint of burn turn it down slightly.

this............ too many people are getting stuck on thinking there is some magic setting lately. and whatever setting works is the one for you.

 

[evan le'garde]

Go to the site or store where you got it and find out the "resistance" of the coil in your iclear 16. Then set the battery. A 1.8 ohm coil should be set at about 3.5v to 3.7v. A 2 ohm coil at 3.8 to 4v. A 2.2 ohm at 4 to 4.2v. A 2.4 ohm coil at about 4.3v.........etc. Or just start low and work up until it seems right.

 

[RuDawg7890]

Power is dependent upon Voltage(directly) and Current(directly). Current is dependent up Voltage(directly) and Resistance(indirectly). With a fixed resistance of a given coil, if you can adjust the voltage, you adjust the current. As you increase the voltage, you are also increasing the current => more power(Watts) = more vape.
Think of it like a dimmer switch for lighting.

 

[FringeChief68]

Hello and Welcome to ECF, Congrats on 10 Days

I am sure others will explain VV to you so I'll just say this, That .1 makes a difference so when you go from say 4.0 to 4.1 it can make a big difference in the throat hit and taste. At first I didn't think it would but I was wrong

Happy Vaping