is multimeter really necessary ? for a mechanical mod
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I always use a multimeter you can never know when a short might happen and worse yet a dead short. You should go check out baditudes blogs on thermal runaway and batteries if you think its not necessary. Its like putting on your seatbelt before getting into a car you.may not always get in a wreck but what happens when you.do?
Multimeter will allow you to check your battery voltages to make sure they are in a safe range. They come in handy to also check for shorts in your coil build. Some multimeters also allow checking the ohms of your build, actually they all allow you to check it but some give you a useless jumping number. A ohm meter designed for coil building is a better option when it comes to checking for shorts and the ohms of your coil build but you would still need a multimeter to check battery voltages.
Dude you have to read your resistance. You can try and justify not needing a multimeter if you want. But the fact is you need one.
Even if we're six feet under ground, I know that we'll be safe and sound.
Even if we're six feet under ground, I know that we'll be safe and sound.
You'll wish all you'd spent was $7.99 if it shorts and at best ruins your mod, and at worst ruins a few fingers and maybe your face.
If you have a regulated mod like an mvp, sid, vamo, svd, tesla, vtr etc; all of these can display information for you, including what ohms it sees on your atomizer.
If you are using a mechanical mod, it's like flying blind; works fine... till it doesn't.
guess I would have to say, since you asked the question
you should probably do some more research on MODS, batteries, atomizers
just to play it safe, do a little studying
know it's not what you want to hear, but it's more than a Yes / No answer...
I don't have a mech mod (yet), but when I get one, I'll be getting my hands on a multimeter. I want to be able to check my battery levels as well as my coil resistance (right now, I'm cheating with my EVOD heads and using my MVP/VV3 readers to find my coil happy spot.) At least with regulated mods, they won't fire if the resistance is too low. I just want to be safe I don'ts wants to go "boom"
I don'ts wants to go "boom"
Your battery* after thermal runaway
Your mod after thermal runaway.*
Your home after thermal runaway.
Your face after thermal runaway.
* both batteries in the first two pics were authentic AW IMR (safe-chemistry) batteries, generally considered one of the safest batteries on the market today. The third and fourth pics were so-called "protected" ICR batteries. Rechargeable Batteries
Batteries can and have exploded, and a dead short is just the ticket to experience one first hand. GET an ohm meter, learn HOW to use it, and then USE IT. Battery knowledge, practicing safe mod & battery habits are KEYS to preventing what occured in the above pics.
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lmfao that looks ....ing scary.... the thing about mechanical mod is that there is very little information in internet q.q
Sh.t, I just bought my first mech mod today and I'm not using it till I pick up a Fluke multimeter tomorrow. I'd be putting a little more money down to insure my safety. I understand budgets are tight for some people, but I wouldn't be buying the cheapest multimeter I could find.
lmfao that looks ....ing scary.... the thing about mechanical mod is that there is very little information in internet q.q
lmfao that looks ....ing scary.... the thing about mechanical mod is that there is very little information in internet q.q
you're kidding, RIGHT
man, that's just a cop out, there is tons & tons of good info right at your fingertips/keyboard
make a commitment or choose another path
you gotta play it safe
lmfao that looks ....ing scary.... the thing about mechanical mod is that there is very little information in internet q.q
It's just a tube to hold a battery; very simple device; it's cheaper to make an empty tube for a battery than to make the same thing with short circuit protection included.
Jesusman. Please be sure you own a multi meter if you plan on owning any type of rba.... Kmart sells a plenty useful one for about $20...
Be safe. Know the limits of your device. Know the limits of your battery.... long before you ever consider pressing the fire button..... know that you are safe. Good Luck.
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Be safe. Know the limits of your device. Know the limits of your battery.... long before you ever consider pressing the fire button..... know that you are safe. Good Luck.
Sent from my rotary phone using sheer willpower
IMHO, multimeters are necessary household items, almost as indispensable as a cork screw or a can opener. Yesterday, my magnet retrofitted Nemesis clone grabbed a 28ga Kanthal splinter bridging the switch. The splinter was comletely hidden below the magnets. I just noticed the short because the battery started getting warm. As fast as I could I opened it and removed the battery. Were it not for a MM I would still be looking for the cause of the short.
Of course multimeters are needed. They are needed for 100 things outside of vaping anyway.
Aside from that, if you are asking the internet about a $7 purchase, you should keep whatever you have now and put that $7 in the bank.
Aside from that, if you are asking the internet about a $7 purchase, you should keep whatever you have now and put that $7 in the bank.
lmfao that looks ....ing scary.... the thing about mechanical mod is that there is very little information in internet q.q
I think there is plenty of information.........there just isn't a lot of emphasis on safety for some of the suggestions that are given here. It's great to want to sub-ohm and get a mech but those suggestions should always come with strong suggestions to read an understand how to use the equipment safely.
It is only going to take one or two horror stories of bad things happening to vapers to make it easy to have the government take it away.
For somebody who has a really tight budget, one thing they really should get is a multimeter;
You can't make a multimeter yourself, but you can always make a mech mod out of tube or box; you can even use easy to work with pvc tubing;
Or do like this guy:
You can't make a multimeter yourself, but you can always make a mech mod out of tube or box; you can even use easy to work with pvc tubing;
Or do like this guy:
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