I don't have lungs of steel that can inhale scorching hot vape. The vape is a little warmer, but the big difference with 5V @ 2A is the flavor and pillars of vapor. Now let's use that data I posted to see if we can figure out why so many can't do the same:
1) We know that a bloog battery is generating 5W and extremely few report burnt taste.
2) A fully charged non-bloog is generating 6.8W and nearly everyone complains about burnt taste.
3) Using a passthru at 1.5A is right in the middle of a bloog and non-bloog: 5W < 5.9W < 6.8W. Some people complain about burnt taste, some don't, others just don't like it.
It's all about heat. Somewhere around 3.9V/5.9W is where the carto crosses a "redline" and cause burnt taste. The question is whether it's the power increase alone causing the burnt taste, or is there another factor? For instance, at higher power levels the coil is burning hotter so it's vaporizing the juice faster. The coil is somewhat cooled by the juice, so if the wick can't keep up with the coil's rate of vaporization, the wick will dry a bit and the coil will get even hotter which could lead to the juice frying on the coil. This is the favorite theory of many to explain the burnt taste.
This general basis for the wicking theory involves PG and the thicker VG. On a bloog battery, PG seems fine for almost everone, but sufficiently high VG causes burnt tastes. VG is thicker than PG, so it stands to reason it may not wick fast enough and cause the wick to overheat. You can see why many would like to assume that if the bloog battery has these issues, that "obviously" a hotter running non-bloog battery is ask for trouble. I think that's fair when it comes to VG, but it's a leap to assume that runny PG on a non-bloog battery will exhibit the same problem as thick VG on a bloog battery.
Like many non-bloog battery owners, I am experienced a lot of problems with PG in these cartos. We are over the aforementioned redline, and a passthrough is straddling the redline. I had 2 packs of cartos go bad in a week. They sometimes tasted a bit harsh on a fresh battery, but they worked ok after a few puffs. Then they very slowly became foul and nasty tasting and caused respiratory irritation. Must be the wicking theory, right? Why did I even use a non-bloog battery?
I have fixed more than just my two, and it hasn't failed yet. After all my experiments, I will posit there is not a PG wicking problem, there is a manufacturing materials issue. I'll eat crow if it can be factual refuted and a plausible explanation of why removing the adhesive has accidentally worked in a number of cartos. It can't take the heat w/o something nasty happening. Adhesive gone = nasties gone. The thing does need to be adhered so I'm going to test using my aquarium silicone (%100 pure) this weekend. I can vape on 2X the power of the bloog battery if I want to, so increasing the resistance is not the answer.
Now is the part where the wolves come blow big smokescreens, regale you with tales of my escape from the loony bin, then carry me off and eat me...
1) We know that a bloog battery is generating 5W and extremely few report burnt taste.
2) A fully charged non-bloog is generating 6.8W and nearly everyone complains about burnt taste.
3) Using a passthru at 1.5A is right in the middle of a bloog and non-bloog: 5W < 5.9W < 6.8W. Some people complain about burnt taste, some don't, others just don't like it.
It's all about heat. Somewhere around 3.9V/5.9W is where the carto crosses a "redline" and cause burnt taste. The question is whether it's the power increase alone causing the burnt taste, or is there another factor? For instance, at higher power levels the coil is burning hotter so it's vaporizing the juice faster. The coil is somewhat cooled by the juice, so if the wick can't keep up with the coil's rate of vaporization, the wick will dry a bit and the coil will get even hotter which could lead to the juice frying on the coil. This is the favorite theory of many to explain the burnt taste.
This general basis for the wicking theory involves PG and the thicker VG. On a bloog battery, PG seems fine for almost everone, but sufficiently high VG causes burnt tastes. VG is thicker than PG, so it stands to reason it may not wick fast enough and cause the wick to overheat. You can see why many would like to assume that if the bloog battery has these issues, that "obviously" a hotter running non-bloog battery is ask for trouble. I think that's fair when it comes to VG, but it's a leap to assume that runny PG on a non-bloog battery will exhibit the same problem as thick VG on a bloog battery.
Like many non-bloog battery owners, I am experienced a lot of problems with PG in these cartos. We are over the aforementioned redline, and a passthrough is straddling the redline. I had 2 packs of cartos go bad in a week. They sometimes tasted a bit harsh on a fresh battery, but they worked ok after a few puffs. Then they very slowly became foul and nasty tasting and caused respiratory irritation. Must be the wicking theory, right? Why did I even use a non-bloog battery?
I have fixed more than just my two, and it hasn't failed yet. After all my experiments, I will posit there is not a PG wicking problem, there is a manufacturing materials issue. I'll eat crow if it can be factual refuted and a plausible explanation of why removing the adhesive has accidentally worked in a number of cartos. It can't take the heat w/o something nasty happening. Adhesive gone = nasties gone. The thing does need to be adhered so I'm going to test using my aquarium silicone (%100 pure) this weekend. I can vape on 2X the power of the bloog battery if I want to, so increasing the resistance is not the answer.
Now is the part where the wolves come blow big smokescreens, regale you with tales of my escape from the loony bin, then carry me off and eat me...
