Is it unsafe to use an RDA on an eGo?
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That's great to hear. I have no intention of building sub ohm or micro coils. They both sound way too risky for my liking. Perhaps I had read something before that was warning sub ohm vapers to the dangers of using the coils on ego batteries.
the problem with using rba's on an ego is in the case of a shorted or failed coil. when this happens it results in a hard short and may damage the circuit inside. except for this there should be no reason it cant run one. a coil is a coil.
My wife runs 1.8 ohm micro coils on her spinners and egos everyday and no issues at all 
Just make sure you have multi meter or ohm reading device and you will be fine .
Just make sure you have multi meter or ohm reading device and you will be fine .
1.8 ohms is about as far as you want to push it on an eGo or anything similar. Beyond any battery capacity questions, you run the risk of blowing the internal protection circuit on those things. The lower you drop the resistance below 2.0 ohms the greater the chance of tripping the protection. And LR will shorten the the overall life span of an eGo type battery.
As Thrasher pointed out you need to check for shorts with a meter. eGo's don't take well to being shorted. The more recent version of a real Joyetech circuit handles shorts better without tripping the protection after one or two exposures, but they still aren't by any means a battery to just try a coil on and see what happens.
As Thrasher pointed out you need to check for shorts with a meter. eGo's don't take well to being shorted. The more recent version of a real Joyetech circuit handles shorts better without tripping the protection after one or two exposures, but they still aren't by any means a battery to just try a coil on and see what happens.
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Oh and I would suggest using the Android tool mentioned in my signature to make sure you build your coil within the right resistance range.
One would think they would have some sort of cutoff, being all-in-one and all.
They will fire, but they will kill the cell fast the lower the resistance. For good I mean.
Of course, follow proper build guidelines.
Can you explain how coils "short"? Been trying to figure this one out, with the advent of microcoils we know that coils form insulating oxidation. I have noticed that pretty much nothing I do will short out a coil once it's built and running. It can touch the cap, the base, itself, anything and the resistance stays the same.
Oh for the OP it is perfectly fine to run an RDA at a moderate resistance, as the others have said.
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Well, they short when in contact with a lesser resistant path. You know that...manipulate your scenarios more if you can't get a short.
They are too easy.
I lazily cut the positive wire overage after winding a coil by touching it to the side of the deck. Even with .07 ribbon, it rips off right away.
Make some coils on an RDA, pin them to the deck with a non-conductive item, i.e. toothpick, and see if you can't pop it.
What do you use man?
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For the op, the ego will tell you if something isn't right, usually with a warning flash series, or excessive heat, either at the button or in the body. I cooked a board in one once by switching a low res dripper from another device and not remembering that it was .6. On the first fire I felt heat at the button, then it wouldn't stop firing. I twisted the still firing atty off and chucked the battery out the door. Once it had settled down, the autopsy revealed a fused circuit board , all black and crispy. So, yeah, keep at above an ohm for sure.
I'm on mobile so I cannot see your signature, but if you are referring to Vaper's Toolbox then I'm way ahead of ya. I downloaded it the day I ordered my igo s. I didn't want to jump into my first RDA without it.
My igo will be here in a day or two but currently my devices are limited to ego twists and a vmod xl. My DNA 20 NES mod will be a couple weeks more and I know that I will be too anxious to wait until then to try the atty out.
I think the proper question would be why would you want to use a disposable to fire an RBA? Just buy a decent APV with a protection circuit or better yet a mech (and if you are new to building, a short fuse) and you will have no worries. Or if you don't care about money and can keep replacing ego's, buy some backup disposables for when your coil eventually WILL fail and thus short. Coils don't last forever, the wire eventually will weaken and break and they don't exactly tell you when they give up the ghost.
No. It's just an atty as far as the battery/circuit is concerned.
E_DeCastro sais 1.5Ω-ish. I actually had to go higher than that to get an RBA to work on my Twist. It would fire at 1.5Ω but wouldn't go high enough in volts because of the amp limit.
And if you buy quality eGos they simply shut down when shorted and need "rebooted" with a charger. I've hand a few eGo-C heads short on me and temporarily kill my batteries until I could get back to a charger.
Low quality eGo batteries can die from low Ω or shorts (going by forum reports, not experience).
E_DeCastro sais 1.5Ω-ish. I actually had to go higher than that to get an RBA to work on my Twist. It would fire at 1.5Ω but wouldn't go high enough in volts because of the amp limit.
And if you buy quality eGos they simply shut down when shorted and need "rebooted" with a charger. I've hand a few eGo-C heads short on me and temporarily kill my batteries until I could get back to a charger.
Low quality eGo batteries can die from low Ω or shorts (going by forum reports, not experience).
Anyway to get this w/out the Google membership requirement? Like for a PC?
Why? Size. A Mini-DID or AGA-S on an eGo is a nice compact unit while still giving the benefits of rebuildables.
The fact you say "better yet a mech" makes me think you're simply spouting what you like. Other than the ability to go low/subΩ I see no benefit to mechs. Since I see little benefit of going low/subΩ mechs certainly don't fit in with "better yet" for what I like. I'll take a high amp VV/VW standard resistance over a low/subΩ mech any day (vaping the two options as I type).
I'm using a 1.4 ohms micro on an ego and works great but note you got me thinking an I sake or should I avoid the ego here? I have another mod but I'm liking the size factor on this one
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As I said, buy a decent APV with a protection circuit. An ego is a disposable battery, not an APV.
I have tried many of them, so I speak from experience not personal preference. I don't like the TH from low ohm coils, so please don't speculate on what my personal preferences are.
I DO like consistency. The reason for the mech is simplicity in that once you find your sweet spot you just coil the same way over and over, and the fact that you don't have to replace them over and over like a disposable ego. There is no board to fry. However, if you are new at it, using something like a Vamo or a Zmax is a great way to go because you can check your coil right on the unit. I would not suggest a ProVari though, they don't offer the VW simplicity of the others and won't let you experiment with a lower coil which you may end up liking. We each have our own preferences and need to find out what works on our own.
ETA: and since the OP is talking about dripping, a bottom feeder (yet another APV) is going to serve them better than an ego in any case. Dripping is messy, especially on the go. They can either figure that out for themselves, or have someone like me who has been there done that try to help them. Your mini DID and AGA are not RDA's.
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