I am extremely interested myself to know others input. This may sound like a stupid q, but I have no experience with semi / full mechanical mods. As you see below, it says it has a working voltage of 3.7v. Does this mean it maintains an output of 3.7v for the entire time the battery is charged, or does this mean it wont allow a fully charged battery to discharge past 3.7v?
No. What it means is that it operates just like any other unregulated mech mod... except that it has a few wires, so it's not a
true mech, and of course, it's made of
mostly wood.
A 3.7v nominal, 18650 IMR ("Safe" LiMn chemistry) battery is actually close to 4.2 volts - fully charged. The initial charge depletes fairly rapidly down to around 3.7-3.8v, then depletes at a slower rate.
With the K600, you may be restricted as to amperage potential (re: resistance lower limit), due to the use of wires (wire gauge, solder, wire terminals and so on will be limiting factors - they all have safe maximum amp ratings), rather than full-on, hard contact between battery and atomizer.
An unregulated mod will simply deplete the battery charge at what ever rate of drain the resistance, battery mAh/amp and usage dictates. There is no regulation of any kind, so as you vape, the battery drops voltage
down-down-down... until your vape ceases to exist, or your battery is deader than dirt.
When the vape seems to be getting a bit weak, time to install a fresh battery and charge the depleted one. Batteries that are deeply discharged tend to get internal damage... and their
lives can be shortened considerably.
I've never seen one of these in person, have no idea how they're built (other than photos of the insides), if the buttons get hot with low resistance etc etc etc. As a safety recommendation, I'd suggest using a resistance that doesn't pull more than about 3 amps. According to FT, they are sent out with a 2.5 ohm atty (which actually pulls
well less than 3 amps) - so you could probably
get away with a 1.5Ω+ atty... maybe. ;-)
If all the above is all Greek to you... then perhaps you shouldn't experiment below 2.5Ω until you have a better understanding of batteries, ohms law and how resistance with an unregulated mod affects battery life and performance.
Have a read... and see if you want to step into mechs... even "semi-mechs".
What the hell, it's only $15... right?
