OK VETS NEED HELP; batts and attys!?

[dansaber]

just ordered my prodigy 3.1, can someone break down how 3.7, 6v and 7.4v work with different attys im apparently not getting it, can i use regular 510 carto with 6v? or 3.7v? also i heard two 16340s 3.7v with high resistance can bring it down to 5V please help me out! break it down.

 

[DonDaBoomVape]

It all has to do with Ohm's Law and the interrelationship of voltage (volts), resistance (ohms), power (watts), and current (amps). It can get complicated I suppose, but it doesn't have to be ... and you don't have to have any background in electronics to understand it. I don't.

batteries have voltage and atomizers have resistance, but what we vapers really care about is power (i.e., the intensity of the vape, measured in watts). And we also need to be concerned about current (i.e., the amps, which can burn out atomizers).

The power formula is: Watts = Volts X Volts / Ohms. So a 2.2 ohm 510 cartomizer on a 6V Prodigy V3.1 yields 16 watts: too intense for most of us. [6-8 watts typically is considered the "sweet spot."] But of greater concern here is the current.

The current formula is: Amps = Volts / Ohms. So that same setup yields 2.7 amps: atty frying level. [Around 1.5 amps is friendly to atomizers.]

"HV" atomizers (actually high-resistance) are designed for use on high-voltage mods. 4.5 ohms is typical. On a 6V Prodigy, these would yield: 8 watts (yummy) and 1.3 amps (comfy for the atty).

High resistance atomizers don't really bring down 7.4V (or 6V) to 5V, but to a power level (watts) consistent with what a regular resistance atomizer on a 5V mod would yield. I don't know whether the Prodigy should be used with two 3.7V batteries. If you do, a 5.2 ohm HV atomizer should be used: 10.5 watts (too high for me, but good for some I guess) and 1.4 amps.

For more on this, check out my What are these HV and LR attys? article on VapingGuides.

 

[rolygate]

Like Don says, the 'sweet spot' is where it's at

There are different ways to get there though: for example with an eGornado and LR atty to get 7 or 8 watts, or with 5 volts and a stock atty with a slightly high resistance, or with extra-HV and an HV atty. There is a good argument that using HV and and an HV atty is the best vape - the reason being that the atty is then physically larger. Size counts for a lot in many things, for example any kind of radio antenna where the bigger the better, and it's most likely the same with atties. An LR atty is tiny, an HV one is bigger, so the same power drawn by each one has a different effect and the bigger one will win out.