High Volts - high resistance vs. low Volts - Low resistance

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steved5600

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From everything I've read, in general, high volts/high resistance beats low volts/low resistance.

The former wins on battery charge life.
The former wins on potential battery damage.

And the former wins on taste from everything I've heard.
If wattage remains the same and you change volts and ohms current will be higher on the lower ohms method.
8 watts and 2.4 ohms and 4.4 volts = 1.8 amps
8 watts and 1.8 ohms and 3.8 volts = 2.1 amps.
So the higher ohms and volts is better for the battery but a trade off is that if the coil is bigger it will take longer to heat up IME. Plus you can't use the higher ohms coils on some batteries if you want the max wattage/vapor.
 
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