New to ECF's

[McFroger3]

Found this forum and decided to register as I learn more about e-cigs.

I initially started vaping with a small Joytech e-go and a cartomizer that I got from a co-workers brothers shop. I then stopped for a few years until recently trying to quit smoking cigarettes.

I do have a few questions if anyone could help me out about my current e-cig battery that I am using.

It seems that my battery has the option to change both the voltage and wattage. I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction in learning what settings for both I should be using based on the resistance of the clearomizers I am using. I have been reading up on ohms and ohms law and it can be a little confusing. I also have not been able to find anything online that talks about a e-cig battery that allows you to change both the voltage and wattage, only ones that change one or the other (VV or VW.) Here are some pictures of my current setup with my e-cig to help (if it does at all.)

h t t p s : / / www . dropbox . com/sh/rfd501vx904ep14/AADl_Ar15A3i-xWwTBIDMNg_a?dl=0

Copy/paste and fix the link (like you don't know that already lol) since I am new and cannot post links yet.

Thanks in advance! Hope to be an active participant in the community!

 

[Twinkle322]

Hi Mcfroger3 welcome to the forum. I can not help you but I am sure someone will be here to help you!!

 

[tBERGz]

On a variable voltage/variable wattage device, you are choosing whether you want to run volts or watts. Normally whatever you last change is what it will be set on. For example if I change my battery from 3.3 to 3.8 volts, it will be running at 3.8 volts, no matter what I last set my wattage too.

Hope this helps!!

 

[McFroger3]

On a variable voltage/variable wattage device, you are choosing whether you want to run volts or watts. Normally whatever you last change is what it will be set on. For example if I change my battery from 3.3 to 3.8 volts, it will be running at 3.8 volts, no matter what I last set my wattage too.

Hope this helps!!

So even if I set them both to certain values, only the last value I changed is used?

 

[catsitter]

I believe that's true - at least, I haven't heard of any mods where you can set voltage and watts independently. Each controls the other.

 

[HauntedMyst]

Welcome aboard!

 

[Wolfenstark]

You either set the watts and the resistance determines the volts or you set the volts and the resistance determines the watts.
If you have a coil at 1.8Ω and you set 10 watts the volts will be 4.2
If you have coil at 1.8Ω and set the volts at 4.2 the wattage will be 10. rounding off.

Its the ohms law.

 

[emily n portland]

Correct, watts and volts are tied, changing one changes the other depending on what ohms your atomizer is.

The benefit of setting it in watts, is that (in my opinion, I'm certainly not close to the best person here to advise) can be thought of as your heat, and so your heat/watts will stay the same on different atomizers with different ohms. Whereas 3.8 volts on a 2.2 ohm coil and a 1.5 ohm coil would be quite a bit different.

On your device, any setting should be safe. Correct = your preference. Generally good to start low and work your way up to find your sweet spot. Quite likely to be different with different flavors.

Much smarter explanation of watts/volts
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/366112-ohms-law-explained-layman-terms.html