Question about USB Passthrough

[Ms. Creant]

I currently have kr8 battery and have ordered a couple of kr8 mega batteries and I want to use the 510 cartridges with an adaptor. It was my understanding that the cartridge will mount on the usb passthrough, so I should get the 510 passthrough to work with the 510 cartridges. Then I thought I remembered reading something that contradicted this so now I am confused. I'd like to get this straight so I can order the correct one.

Any help is appreciated.

Thanks.

Steve

 

[hairball]

Do you have 510 atomizers or are you using 510 cartomizers? I think you mean cartomizers and not cartridges. Correct?

You need a 510 passthrough with a wall wart. If the PT has an inline battery, you can run it safely off your computer. However, if it does not have an inline battery, that means it's 5V and can be dangerous for your computer. madvapes.com sells the wall wart fairly reasonable.

 

[dormouse]

CARTRiDGES? Cartridges are just plastic and stuffing and require an atomizer. There are 808 to 510 adapters that will let you put a 510 atomizer of appropriate ohms on a KR808D-1 and then you put cartridges on the atomizer (though I have no idea why you would want to - cartridges are probably the most annoying way to vape, will dump their juice with no warning etc.

If you mean 510 CARTOMIZERS aka cartos, then yes - an 808 to 510 adapter will let you use 510 cartomizers of appropriate ohms on a KR808D-1 battery or passthrough. And LR stuff (stuff below 2.5 ohms) is not appropriate for any slim batteries.

And BTW re passtrhough - if the passthrough has a real battery inline then it should be safe to use in a PC's motherboard USB or a battery charger that's correct for that battery - with those you are just charging a battery which you vape off it. if it is a passthrough that runs directly off power with just a battery-shaped handle then you need to get a 2amp USB to AC adapter. Do not run these off a PC or a battery charger USB to AC (too weak - not enough mA)

 

[Ms. Creant]

Sorry, I did mean 'cartomizer' and thanks for the replies.

I had another look at the part that I ordered and am confident that it is the correct one. It looks like a battery with a usb cord attached to it, so that should let me fit the 510 cartos right onto it. I'm a happy camper. Anyway, this is the one I ordered. The Better Way To Smoke - USB Passthrough for 510

 

[Youssefa]

Hey there,


I got a 808 PT from V4L and plugged into powered usb 2.0 hub....put on the 510 to 901/808 adapter with 2.4ohm DC atty and no vape. So I tried my 901's and 808 carto worked fine. then I tried the LR 510 atty 1.5ohm and nothing... I don't think the 510 adapter is making contact?

 

[Boodle]

Hey there,


I got a 808 PT from V4L and plugged into powered usb 2.0 hub....put on the 510 to 901/808 adapter with 2.4ohm DC atty and no vape. So I tried my 901's and 808 carto worked fine. then I tried the LR 510 atty 1.5ohm and nothing... I don't think the 510 adapter is making contact?

The ohms are too low with 1.5 with that setup. Someone with more ohm knowledge will be by to help. It's not you or lack of connection. You'll need to use the 1.5 ohm atty on a higher voltage (3.7v) and higher mah battery 900mAh or higher). Low ohm supplies put a lot of stress on a battery but give a fabulous, warm cigarette-smoke-type vape if you like that.

 

[Michael Curry]

Just to fill in the numbers on the Ohms stuff that Boodle mentioned:

At nominal battery voltage of 3.7 volts, with a 1.5 Ohm carto, you are asking that little battery to deliver 2.47 Amps, or just over 9 watts.

That's a bit much to ask of a slim battery I'm afraid.

 

[El Diablo Marrón]

Anyone know if a Volcano inferno battery with a usb passthrough will work as a passthrough after the battery is old and does not hold a charge?

 

[J-Bryce]

I love passthroughs they're the best things eva!

 

[Youssefa]

okay then my understanding seems backwards.... I thought that ohms and battery voltage were inversely proportional.I have a XL DC clearomizer that works great at 3.7v on the 510 adapter and the V4L PT and nothing....not a single atty will work on the V4L PT regardless of OHM. but the the adapter woks fine on my GG and all the afore mentioned attys at their respective Voltage 3.7 to 7.4, All the 901 attys I put on it work from lr's to hv's, in the case of the HV it takes a moment to wrm up.

 

[Michael Curry]

If you're saying what I think you're saying... I think you were going with something like 'increasing voltage will lower resistance'? If so, then nope, not how it happens.

Actually the quickest way to get an accurate idea of how it all works is to Google "Ohm's Law". The explanations and diagrams you can find on many web pages will be clearer than what most of us could post here in this format.