Mechmods Then And Now

[javyn]

The voltage drop issue was always overblown IMO, and is becoming less and less important. You can build around voltage drop in most cases, and in the cases where you can't, you need to *seriously* consider a regulated box hehe

Vdrop with a 1 ohm build...who cares?

0.5 ohm...adjust your build slightly if you notice the drop.

0.2 ohm or less....get a damn reg LOL

 

[Firestorm]

It's annoying if you have two mechanical mods and different atomizers that you use with both and one has a significant voltage drop compared to the other. No matter how you build an atomizer, it's always going to seem weak on the mod with the significant voltage drop compared to the other.

 

[edyle]

It's annoying if you have two mechanical mods and different atomizers that you use with both and one has a significant voltage drop compared to the other. No matter how you build an atomizer, it's always going to seem weak on the mod with the significant voltage drop compared to the other.

No.
If you only build low ohms, then voltage drop becomes a sensitive issue.

If you want high power, then easier to just use higher voltage nowadays

 

[Firestorm]

No.
If you only build low ohms, then voltage drop becomes a sensitive issue.

If you want high power, then easier to just use higher voltage nowadays

We're talking about mechanical mods where your voltage is dictated by your drainng battery. I usually build 1.2ohm coils and I had a mechanical mod with a 1v voltage drop and it was indeed an issue because I could tell that the vape was diminished.

 

[edyle]

We're talking about mechanical mods where your voltage is dictated by your drainng battery. I usually build 1.2ohm coils and I had a mechanical mod with a 1v voltage drop and it was indeed an issue because I could tell that the vape was diminished.

What that means is that mod had about 0.3 ohms resistance somewhere; perhaps in the threads, as in corroded threads need cleaning.

 

[Firestorm]

What that means is that mod had about 0.3 ohms resistance somewhere; perhaps in the threads, as in corroded threads need cleaning.

No.

It was a brand new MicroStick that came with a stainless steel negative screw. The voltage drop was significantly reduced when I installed a replacement brass negative screw. I had cleaned every thread and contact and polished them with a sunshine cloth. When using the stock stainless steel screw I could sense the voltage drop by the diminished vapor that I did not experience when using the same atomizer on other mechanical mods. When I measured the voltage under load with an inline voltmeter (I know, not the best way, but it's all that I've got) it was a full volt less than my other mechanical mods. I had no control over the voltage since it was a mechanical mod and if I built my atomizer with a lower resistance to accommodate for the voltage drop on the MicroStick then it would affect the vape on my other mechanical mods that did not suffer from such an extreme drop.

I didn't ask why I was experiencing a voltage drop - I know that it was due to the stainless steel negative screw as I empirically determined the cause (I used a multimeter to measure the resistance across various contact points). I am not new to mechanical mods. I was responding to an earlier comment that "voltage drop issue was always overblown... and is becoming less and less important (because) you can build around voltage drop in most cases". Although this may be the case if you only use a single mechanical mod, my point was that I believe it is an issue (at least it was for me) if you use the same atomizer on different mechanical mods and one has an extreme voltage drop compared to the others. This thread topic is "Mechmods Then And Now" and your suggestion to use a higher voltage is only viable with VV/VW mods (unless you're talking about a multi-battery mechanical mod) and not relevant to the discussion.

 

[Froth]

The voltage drop issue was always overblown IMO, and is becoming less and less important. You can build around voltage drop in most cases, and in the cases where you can't, you need to *seriously* consider a regulated box hehe

Vdrop with a 1 ohm build...who cares?

0.5 ohm...adjust your build slightly if you notice the drop.

0.2 ohm or less....get a damn reg LOL

Who cares? You should! Voltage drop at ANY resistance is nothing more than wasted voltage which means more stress on the battery and less battery life over the course of usage. Conductivity in regards to voltage drop should be something everyone cares about regardless of the resistances built to or type of mod in use.

Honestly If you're getting voltage drop that you can't build around you should be concerned with where the current is getting lost, not with buying a regulated mod to "fix" the issue when the issue could very well be a poorly conductive atomizer which a regulated box won't fix, it will just be a bandaid. A suitably conductive properly built correctly maintained setup will not have voltage drop at even 0.1 ohms, instead what you will see is battery sag and not voltage drop at extreme low resistances. Conductivity and a smooth switch is what separates the good mechanical mods from the great ones.

Excessive voltage drop can be the difference between changing one battery per day, versus changing three batteries per day, you would be surprised how much voltage you can lose over just one battery charge with a mod that has even just a 0.3V voltage loss when compared to a very conductive mod.

 

[javyn]

If you're building high resistances though and notice vdrop that badly, your mod either needs maintenance or is defective. Stop using that damn Maraxus lol