Hey there guys ive been wanting to pick up a mech tube mod but i just wanna ask how safe is it and how do you know that your battery is going to go flat.
TIA!!
TIA!!
Mech mod battery safety.
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A mech mod has no safety features. How safe or unsafe it is depends entirely on the user. That can mean "pretty safe" or "disaster waiting to happen" and anything in between.
You'll notice the battery voltage dropping because your vapor output will get less as the voltage goes down. Your senses are the only safeguard against low discharge.
While i do own a few mechs, i find a quality regulated device much more convenient as a daily driver. More batterylife per battery, consistent vape until the battery is empty and more flexible when it comes to coil builds.
You'll notice the battery voltage dropping because your vapor output will get less as the voltage goes down. Your senses are the only safeguard against low discharge.
While i do own a few mechs, i find a quality regulated device much more convenient as a daily driver. More batterylife per battery, consistent vape until the battery is empty and more flexible when it comes to coil builds.
It is in my opinion best to avoid the SMPL types of mech mods. They are the ones where the center pin on your atty directly contacts the top of your battery. They are also called hybrid style mods.
I recommend starting out in mech mod land with coils no lower than .5 ohms.
I recommend starting out in mech mod land with coils no lower than .5 ohms.
Get a multimeter or ohm meter before getting the mech mod. Always make sure you know the resistance of whatever you plan to fire on your mech. If in doubt, measure it!
Make sure you understand ohms law, what resistance does to wattage and amps. You don't need to be able to perform the calculations, there are plenty ohms law calculators online. (Hint: use them after measuring with your ohm meter, use 4.2 Volt next to your resistance, being a full battery )
Learn about battery safety.
Get decent high drain batteries!! Samsung 25r or similar 20A+ continuous discharge type to be safer. (Note safer, not safe). Make sure the ohms law calculator calculated Amps do not exceed your batteries capability.
Always be careful an consider one stupid mistake made can cause you a lot of grieve.
Otherwise ... Happy vaping
Make sure you understand ohms law, what resistance does to wattage and amps. You don't need to be able to perform the calculations, there are plenty ohms law calculators online. (Hint: use them after measuring with your ohm meter, use 4.2 Volt next to your resistance, being a full battery )
Learn about battery safety.
Get decent high drain batteries!! Samsung 25r or similar 20A+ continuous discharge type to be safer. (Note safer, not safe). Make sure the ohms law calculator calculated Amps do not exceed your batteries capability.
Always be careful an consider one stupid mistake made can cause you a lot of grieve.
Otherwise ... Happy vaping
You are welcome.
Robert Cromwells recommendations were very good. Perhaps to add, when starting out, get a mech that has the option of locking the firing button, as opposed to recessed only, or magnet only switches. Make sure it has vent holes (can be tested by blowing into the mod), ideally at the top since that's where a battery would vent, but most mods have them at the bottom or built into the switch in some way.
Also consider that your resistance may change if your mod gets knocked around or dropped.
Robert Cromwells recommendations were very good. Perhaps to add, when starting out, get a mech that has the option of locking the firing button, as opposed to recessed only, or magnet only switches. Make sure it has vent holes (can be tested by blowing into the mod), ideally at the top since that's where a battery would vent, but most mods have them at the bottom or built into the switch in some way.
Also consider that your resistance may change if your mod gets knocked around or dropped.
Also keep in mind that the actual 'quality' of the mech mod counts a lot as well.. Don't just think of it as a simple tube with a battery inside and just get the cheapest one because of that.
The actual mods conductivity counts a lot, and much more if you plan on using sub-ohm builds on it. For that you need a good device and clean it regularly. The idea is that your device also has internal resistances, the better the mod quality the lower. Power has to force itself though the battery / battery contacts / switch.. and other parts as well not just the atomizer and whichever has the highest resistance will obviously heat up most. So if you put something like a 0.2 ohm build on a poorly constructed device that may have some cheap switch that for some reason has a 0.5 resistance, you're prolly gonna fry your hands before you get vapor.
Just something to keep in mind when considering mechs for sub-ohm..
Cheers
The actual mods conductivity counts a lot, and much more if you plan on using sub-ohm builds on it. For that you need a good device and clean it regularly. The idea is that your device also has internal resistances, the better the mod quality the lower. Power has to force itself though the battery / battery contacts / switch.. and other parts as well not just the atomizer and whichever has the highest resistance will obviously heat up most. So if you put something like a 0.2 ohm build on a poorly constructed device that may have some cheap switch that for some reason has a 0.5 resistance, you're prolly gonna fry your hands before you get vapor.
Just something to keep in mind when considering mechs for sub-ohm..
Cheers
get a good battery, meter, mod and rda. learn Ohms law. Learn the calculations. as a beginner definitely stay away from Hybrid mods. Mechs are easy to use, and are only as dangerous as the uninformed. I have seen newbs trying to fire a .1 coil on a 10 amp battery, and I have seen people who were scared to fire anything lower than a 1.5 coil on a 30 amp battery... Just learn what your doing, and ask questions.
As to your question about when you know your battery is going flat... well basically when the vape isn't hitting as hard, not as much throat hit, not as big a cloud, the HISS from the coils sizzling the juice diminishes... there are a bunch of things that give it away that you will pick up on as you use it. granted you can always stick a multi meter on teh battery to see exactly where its at, but after using the mod for a while you will start picking up on what it is telling you as far as when to swap batteries.
As to your question about when you know your battery is going flat... well basically when the vape isn't hitting as hard, not as much throat hit, not as big a cloud, the HISS from the coils sizzling the juice diminishes... there are a bunch of things that give it away that you will pick up on as you use it. granted you can always stick a multi meter on teh battery to see exactly where its at, but after using the mod for a while you will start picking up on what it is telling you as far as when to swap batteries.
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