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Basically the outside of the wire oxidises creating a non conductive barrier so all the electricity needs to pass down the wire and can't jump. You wouldn't even be able to make a micro coil otherwise....Not a stupid question though.
There's always wiser people here, that would've been my second answer, glad someone knew the core mechanics behind that
Well, if the posts are sitting in juice, the Kanthal is irrelevant
But I think juice is "not very conductive", that is, highly resistive. So it very well might be 'shorting' your coil, but to the tune of a few tenths of a milliAmp, or something ridiculous.
But I think juice is "not very conductive", that is, highly resistive. So it very well might be 'shorting' your coil, but to the tune of a few tenths of a milliAmp, or something ridiculous.
The juice doesn't conduct electricity well at all. Actually, pure water doesn't either, but water with salt dissolved in it (or many other ionic substances, like chlorine) does conduct.
Not a stupid question at all, but many people don't understand how electricity and water act together!
Not a stupid question at all, but many people don't understand how electricity and water act together!
It really had me wondering. On my Vulcan, my coils are really low, I like my airflow to hit the top third of them, if I can get them that low. But, because of that, when I load it up with juice, the coils are literally swimming for a few hits. My .40 dry coils measured .38 when swimming in juice. I just found it amazing, because one would think it would make a bigger difference. With only .02 difference, its almost negligible.
Thanks for the replies. I thought it might have something to do with low voltage. But, leave a 9v transistor radio in the rain, and power it up soggy. Short city.
Thanks for the replies. I thought it might have something to do with low voltage. But, leave a 9v transistor radio in the rain, and power it up soggy. Short city.
Also, drippers like the Magma and Tesla have really deep wells, and the positive post is submerged in juice, and the same juice is contacting the negative wall.
Awesome. You guys are great. I forgot about the ionized thing.
Awesome. You guys are great. I forgot about the ionized thing.
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Also, drippers like the Magma and Tesla have really deep wells, and the positive post is submerged in juice, and the same juice is contacting the negative wall.
Awesome. You guys are great. I forgot about the ionized thing.
Don't forget about the "Path of Least Resistance" thing. Electrons are Not Picky. But they are Lazy. So they take the Easiest path they can find to complete their Journey.
If the Resistance of the e-Liquid was Less than that of the Coil Wire, then we would have a Problem.
Don't they have some kind of group-think, i.e., a certain proportion of them are lazy? I'm thinking of Kirchoff's Law here. Not trying to be a trouble-maker, I'm just not great at physics.
Absolutely.
All Electrons do Not have the Same level of Laziness. And given Two Paths, some will take the Harder Path. Check out the 3rd Graphic Example in the Link below.
Kirchhoff's law
We are Lucky because the Difference in taking the Harder Path (the e-Liquid) is Much Greater than taking the Easier Path (thru the Coil Wire). But a few Overachieving Electrons will take the "Hard Road".
Now if you hit your fire button with your screwdriver through your coil that would be a horse of a different color. Great answers to your good question.
Yeah... When the Electrons are allowed to come Stampeding out of a Battery down an Unintended Path (like a thru a Screwdriver or a Paperclip), that is when you Might see a Spontaneous emission of Photons.
As well as having to put a New Battery in the Shopping Cart of you favorite Battery Vendor's website.
A coil also does not short the mod when emersed in water, it just immediately evaporates off the coil when fired. I usually do a rince and light toothbrushing of my coil when I rewick and wet/dry burn...there is also a video of a waterproofed mod completely submerged and firing a coil...crazy...it's in a modding forum posted by Turbocad...
The coil itself if a short, but since we're using direct current it can't feed back into the source.
This^ The lower the coil resistance the closer to a DEAD short we get.
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