Question on protege voltage/vapor production

[illspeed]

Been trying to figure this out for the past hour.

The battery that is in the protege is 3.7v and from what i have read most commercial off the shelf ecig batteries are also 3.7v .

My question is shouldnt the protege, though at the same voltage as regular ecigs, Create slightly more vapor production due to its batteries having a higher amperage discharge rate than the regular ecigs?

I do understand that mAh means for the most part how long it will last but having a higher capacity to do work shouldnt that mean that i can also dischage at a higher rate and thus heating the atty more efficiently.

Reason why i ask this is along the same lines as why here in the US we use 110v in homes while in most european countries they use 220v but the euro power though much higher voltage has much less amperage.

 

[illspeed]

anyone? surely this has come across sombodys mind.

 

[Barefoot Joe]

I don't pretend to know anything about this, but to my mind...

The larger batteries (more mah) will allow the device to deliver a good "solid" 3.7 volts for a longer period of time before dropping voltage. So I'm hoping that we will get a few hours of vaping similar to the first few draws you get from a freshly charged conventional battery...not just longer time in between recharges.

 

[CaSHMeRe]

essentially, Barefoot Joe is correct ...

more mA will heat the atomizer longer - at a more consistent voltage .... the lower the mA, the quicker the dropoff = the cooler the vapor becomes ...

 

[illspeed]

perfect! cant wait to get it and add it to my PS arsenal. Im excited to add the protege so i have a device thats a bit more inconspicuous to use in public.

 

[HDBanger]

hehe, screw the public, I got an SD for sale, slightly abused and for now Unused. I cant ever go back to anything less than 5 volts!

 

[Closet Toker]

hehe, screw the public, I got an SD for sale, slightly abused and for now Unused. I cant ever go back to anything less than 5 volts!

Same here.
I don't share the hype of the Protege either. Or any 3.7 volt model.
I know there is no way they can compare to my Prodigy.
That's why I sold both of my SD's!

 

[GrimmGreen]

Same here.
I don't share the hype of the Protege either. Or any 3.7 volt model.
I know there is no way they can compare to my Prodigy.
That's why I sold both of my SD's!

1 of them to me! ha ha...

 

[Yirabeth]

Agreed...5v is KING, 3.7v is if you need backup. I love my Prodigy though... maybe I should order a spare Prodigy as a backup since all other backup methods have me cringing...hehe

Next one I order though is for my son Then I can finally get over the guilt of having caused my kid to be a smoker because he saw ME smoking... gotta come up with a good DIY recipe for nonmenthol though, he likes my Prodigy but not my juice.

~Yira

 

[FRESH]

It's only once in a while that I need a 5v hit. Drinking or after a big meal, I want that big hit. The rest of the time I am perfectly happy "maintenance vaping" on 3.7 v.

Screw it, I have avoided having an analog for 2 months. And I was a 2 pack a day Marlboro smoker. It is obviously working for me. Everyone is different. But if you can make it on less, IMO, you should.

 

[Scottes]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong here... It seems to me that one other benefit of those bigger batteries is that they don't get hot like the little ones. Those little stock batteries must heat up fairly quickly, and the heat will kill power production on Li-On batteries. So the power supplied to the atomizer drops after being on for many seconds. Isn't this heat issue the reason why automatic batteries have that blasted cut-off "feature"?? I believe this heat issue is also exacerbated by the C rating, which is lower on the stock batteries, right? Batts like the cr123 shouldn't even come close to getting warm after an 8- or 10-second burn, so power should be at maximum for the entire burn.

Is this correct?

 

[marudedame]

Okay, so you are saying if I have a 3.7v 2600mah buttery, it will last me more than twice as much as the buttery come with protege (which is 900mah if I remember it right)?

 

[Scottes]

I don't think it much matter comparing that 2600 batt to the 900. I think that it matters when comparing either of those batteries to the small batteries that come with e-cigs. And I'm talking about the life span - how many times it can be recharged, not how long a charge lasts.

 

[marudedame]

fmfm. Thanks for the quick reply Scottes!

 

[Barefoot Joe]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong here... It seems to me that one other benefit of those bigger batteries is that they don't get hot like the little ones. Those little stock batteries must heat up fairly quickly, and the heat will kill power production on Li-On batteries. So the power supplied to the atomizer drops after being on for many seconds. Isn't this heat issue the reason why automatic batteries have that blasted cut-off "feature"?? I believe this heat issue is also exacerbated by the C rating, which is lower on the stock batteries, right? Batts like the cr123 shouldn't even come close to getting warm after an 8- or 10-second burn, so power should be at maximum for the entire burn.

Is this correct?

Interesting, I never considered a heat issue. Again, I'm pulling this out of my out of my whistle-tip, but I don't THINK that heat is the issue with the power drop off. I think it is more a mA issue. Reason....why would a conventional battery work great (supply consistent current) for the first few minutes before the drop-off occured? Conversly, why would the bigger batteries start to drop voltage after several hours of use? I THINK (don't really know) it is a "mA remaining" issue. Could be both I suppose. Do batteries heat up more with fewer remaining mA?