Wouldn't the correct solution be a switching transistor and a high ohm resistor?
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Oh, for sure a mosfet is the way to go, the flyback is just a cheap dirty way to get your tact to last a bit longer than just running it on it's own...
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Yes, but that only applies to inductive loads. There's no appreciable "flyback" with an atomizer because there is no appreciable inductance. There is some because any conductor has an amount of inductance, however small, but it's not enough to impact the switch at all.
The problem with tactiles is they typically use a spring steel plate with a very small contact area. That tiny contact area burns easily with higher currents destroying the switch. There's no way to get around that except to use a bigger switch with larger contacts.
The problem with tactiles is they typically use a spring steel plate with a very small contact area. That tiny contact area burns easily with higher currents destroying the switch. There's no way to get around that except to use a bigger switch with larger contacts.
You know, I can't help myself, it's a coil association thing...aren't we vaping off the primary of an air cored transformer (the secondary is just theoretical in this particular application) 
Edit: oh, and the AC sine wave inducing a voltage into the theoretical secondary is also theoretical...
holy crap, I really should have a "no posts after 3 cocktails" limit
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Well, you'd have to measure it to say for sure, but there's a short formula for a coil in air and inductance is like a tenth of what it is using a highly permeable core like tranformer steel. I would have to say it's really not going to impact the switch, but that's just my feeling about it. In any case, flyback would not be more than a few Volts at the outset so it wouldn't be the worth components it would take to try and dump it. Heavily inductive loads can have flyback in the kilovolts so a few here and there is nothing to concern yourself with.
Again you drop the current through the switch with a large resistor and pour the primary current through a transistor not the cheap route but you could get all the wattage you want through there.
I miss mine. I built it for my first mod I have moved past it now though, it was awesome until it got stolen.
I think it's been discussed enough in this section of the forum it can be taken for granted that a transistor, specifically a MOSFET, is employed when you want to use a low current switch. The discussion was more about finding a small switch that does not require that solution.
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