Higher Ohm for darker juices???

[anthonyjl]

I have been an avid virgin vapor e-juice user since I started over 3 weeks ago. Last night I noticed I was somewhat dissatisfied with the hit and the flavor of my French vanilla compared to my watermelon. I was using 1.8 ohm coils for both. I decided to put a 2.5 ohm coil in the vanilla tank and man what a difference. I swear I am getting better vapor production, flavor and throat hit with the higher ohms. I am using a standard 3.7 volt kgo 1100 mah battery (new ego-v v3 taking its sweet a** time in the vape mail). Has anyone else experienced something similar to this?
Also, being week 3 off the analogs and not missing them a bit, but where are the coughs at? shouldn't I be cleaning out my lungs by now or does vaping keep them busy as if I was smoking still?

Either way, it still can't be ANYWHERE near as bad as the analogs, I couldn't be happier with how things are right now (except for my purchasing new vape toys addiction)
Loving it!
Vape on peeps!

 

[Blkwdw86]

The resistance does matter. That's why I use 2.5 ohm on my eGo, it gives me the best performance.

Not everyone gets the coughs, I didn't. What I DID get was a couple of weeks of constant goo in my throat. I couldn't utter a squeak without clearing it. Then, just clear. Top to bottom.

 

[OldSeer]

Could be your lungs have passed those bad liquids on thru your blood to the waste of
your body. I'm no Doctor... but I know our bodies can do amazing things if we'll just give them
the chance to do so. And, give yourselves credit where it's due... you are doing the
right thing by getting rid of those cancer sticks and giving your bodies a chance
to heal a lot of damages that was going on. Congratulations!

 

[Huckleberried]

I use a 2.2 ohm for pretty much all my liquids. My darkest one (lemon creme puff) does seem to gunk up much quicker than the others. I've wondered the same and if going higher would help or not.

 

[yzer]

You were hitting the juice with more watts using the 1.8 ohm coil than with the 2.5 ohm coil. You preferred the lower wattage.

 

[Mr.Williams]

Somewhat new to vaping. I started out with a convienence store cig-like brand called Logic. They were very good; great vapor production and longevity. However the cartomizers were 5 for 20. As many vapors will attest, you end up vaping more than you smoked. It was costing between $30 to $40 per week. I eventually moved onto an ego style. The problem is I haven't been able to dial in the right components. I'm not sure if it's my juices (tried multiple vendors, usually a PG/VG mix and 12mg), different ohms on my atomizers, and different tank types ( bottom and top feeds). But I still find my throat ends up "gooey," as another poster described, and often my lungs sore. Funny thing is, I not finding a big difference at the end of the day between nasty analogs and vapor although I know vaping is still healthier. Any suggestions? Hardware or juice?

 

[InTheShade]

Usually using a lower resistance head will provide more vapor and flavor. It's possible that just using a clean head gave you more flavor and vapor in a way you preferred.

However, I would advise a little caution, unless you have a way to test the actual resistance of the coils you are using, you really don't know what you have. I have purchased coil heads at 1.8 that were actually closer to 2.3. They are notoriously inaccurate in their labeling.

Just from reading around on the forums, most people seem to prefer to vape somewhere between 6 and 8 watts. So on your 3.7 volt device, that would mean using a coil head of about 1.8 - 2.3ohms, so you are in that ballpark.

But that all said, I find that I often prefer a specific type of juice at a specific voltage - so when you get your VV, you'll be able to change the voltage and get the same vape experience - regardless of the resistance of the head - simply by adjusting the output on the battery.

 

[Mr.Williams]

Another thought, anthonyjl, are you using a top or bottom feed tank? Sometimes, depending on the mix of you juice, VG vs PG, the feed type will make a difference. Heavier, VG based liquids work better with bottom fed carts.

 

[suspectK]

Some flavors gunk up bad in low resistance cartos. I haven't any problems with flavors with high resistance cartos. Outside of that, two different resistance are barely different at the same wattage. You may notice a slight temperature difference, but barely noticeable vapor production differences with resistances above the 1ohm range.. that is just with the speed vapor is produced.

 

[desk1%]

Some flavors gunk up bad in low resistance cartos. I haven't any problems with flavors with high resistance cartos. Outside of that, two different resistance are barely different at the same wattage. You may notice a slight temperature difference, but barely noticeable vapor production differences with resistances above the 1ohm range.. that is just with the speed vapor is produced.

Wattage is Voltage^2 / Resistance. Wattage is your heat. What you're experiencing is quite commonly referred to as the placebo effect. Please refrain from using electrical rhetoric until you have a better understanding. I'm an electrician and you darn near confused me.

 

[suspectK]

Some flavors gunk up bad in low resistance cartos. I haven't any problems with flavors with high resistance cartos. Outside of that, two different resistance are barely different at the same wattage. You may notice a slight temperature difference, but barely noticeable vapor production differences with resistances above the 1ohm range.. that is just with the speed vapor is produced.

Wattage is Voltage^2 / Resistance. Wattage is your heat. What you're experiencing is quite commonly referred to as the placebo effect. Please refrain from using electrical rhetoric until you have a better understanding. I'm an electrician and you darn near confused me.

I've been sitting in a substation since 6am this morning. Wattage is not heat..explaining it as heat makes it easier for vaping. Come help me finish these tangent-delta tests, and we'll finish this conversation in this 20degree weather.

 

[desk1%]

I've been sitting in a substation since 6am this morning. Wattage is not heat..explaining it as heat makes it easier for vaping. Come help me finish these tangent-delta tests, and we'll finish this conversation in this 20degree weather.

I was just going for the simple answer on topic. I understand that it is the amount of available power at source, which in this application the power is expressed as heat energy thus vaporizing this strange concoction we call juice.

 

[suspectK]

So you're saying that current has nothing to do with heat production?

 

[desk1%]

My bad, you are an electrician, and a more experienced one than me. I arrogantly had my head in the analog adjustments I use on my mech mod. I'm at a fairly fixed (4.02V -3.67V) voltage. Do you use a VV/VW mod? I always though it would be fun to find some type of interface to interact with the firmware on an advanced mod and tune that bad boy tighter than VFD. After backtracking this thread history I realized my ignorance, I didn't mean to be one of those ....head journeymen.

 

[Dakota Jim]

My

thrown into the ring

Different flavors often require a different voltage (or wattage) to bring it to its highest taste and vapor potential.

This means the easiest way to do this is to get a VV/VW device. You then can dial the best flavor in easily and most of these mods will also have a relatively accurate ohms reader built in to it (and will not allow subohm accidents either)

good VW (and VV for that matter) mods

VAMO
Zmax 3
MVP2
etc

Good VV mods

PROVARI

MVP1

inexpensive VV bats
Ego twist
Vision spinner
etc

 

[suspectK]

My bad, you are an electrician, and a more experienced one than me. I arrogantly had my head in the analog adjustments I use on my mech mod. I'm at a fairly fixed (4.02V -3.67V) voltage. Do you use a VV/VW mod? I always though it would be fun to find some type of interface to interact with the firmware on an advanced mod and tune that bad boy tighter than VFD. After backtracking this thread history I realized my ignorance, I didn't mean to be one of those ....head journeymen.

Lol..it's all good. <NETA tech. I wouldn't say a more experienced electrician. I'm more into the theory and distribution side of things. I did essentially the same thing you did yesterday to someone... I still say I'm half-right. They're half-wrong.

I only own vv/vw..I think the semovar will be the first thing I get that can function as a mech, but that isn't at the top of the list for that reason.. I'm highly considering a DNA20 mod, 20 watt range. I haven't bothered to look if it is vv..20watts would easily cover anything I would do, and I don't know how low into deciohms you can get, but they're the only regulated mods I know of to get into that resistance range. There is a dna50 I've been seeing stuff more about pop up lately. The futura is probably the cheapest, sturdy dna mod.

Making my own chip would be fun...but I stopped studying for my ccna and such for a reason..no patience. I'm sure easily re-coded boards aren't made readily available due to safety hazards.