Power Vaping & Ohms

[nelsonm64]

hey all,

i've always wondered when you vape with variable wattage does it matter how many ohms your coil is? i like to vape anywhere from 8-11 watts depending on the juice. i have made coils right from 1.2-2.5 ohms and, i'm not sure i can't see any difference... maybe the coil heats up a bit quicker with a lower ohm coil?

another thing, which setup is easier on the battery? if i have this right, if you have a lower ohm coil at a certain wattage it will require more amps and thus harder/more drain on the battery? do i have that backwards?

i always vape in power mode so i kinda want to get a better handle on this because if possible i would like to get more battery time, if thats possible...

 

[Katya]

When you're in power mode, it doesn't really matter what resistance your atty is--your APV will do math and adjust the voltage for you, as resistance is not negotiable.

That said, you are correct--higher Ohms on higher voltages are preferable if you want to save your battery life.

 

[Hoosier]

Batteries are power sources. Power is measured in Watts. Since Watts are a product of voltage and current and a battery has a fixed voltage, it is current and current capacity that are generally discussed when discussing batteries. That does not mean they are anything but power sources though.

Basically that means that higher power vaping drains a battery quicker than lower power vaping. A higher voltage on the output still comes from the battery, but more current is drawn from the battery and "converted" to additional voltage. There are losses that occur with this conversion of current to additional voltage, so vaping at a voltage higher than the battery voltage will consume more power from the battery than vaping at the battery voltage at the same power setting. It is doubtful that there are enough losses in the conversion that the difference will be that noticeable though.

So you have a choice. Longer battery use time or a shorter battery use time. If you want the battery to last longer, vape at lower power. If you want to vape at higher power, you will have a shorter battery use time. Each battery contains so much power so how you decide to use those volts and amps is up to you.

 

[zoiDman]

hey all,

i've always wondered when you vape with variable wattage does it matter how many ohms your coil is? i like to vape anywhere from 8-11 watts depending on the juice. i have made coils right from 1.2-2.5 ohms and, i'm not sure i can't see any difference... maybe the coil heats up a bit quicker with a lower ohm coil?

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There are Many Factors that make up what a "Hit" is like for a given Person. Watts is just one of them.

There is Also things like Surface Area of the Atomizer Coil, Surface Area or the Wick, Wicking Rate, Amount of Air Flow, Distance of the Coil/Wick from your Mouth, etc.

You really Don't Need to Solve a 10 Dimensional Array of Differential Equations to get a Grasp of what is going on. (Unless you want to.)

All a person Really Needs to do is Try a Little Experimentation. Low Ohms with Low Voltage, High Ohms with High Voltage, Lots of Loops on a Atomizer Coil, Few Loops, etc.

I'm not going to Say what is "Best". Because "Best" is Relative to the User. I like to Vape Sickly Sweet e-Liquid and am looking for Lots of Vapor with Little TH.

What would Work for Me might the Direct Opposite of what Someone using a Tobacco Flavored e-Liquid looking for a Massive TH.

So to answer your Question. Yes Changing Any Parameter of your Coil/Wick set-up will Change the Hit. But whether or Not the Change is Detectable, or whether or Not the change is in the Direction you want to go, that is Hard to Say.