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I was worrying a bit about whether I might overload my Moli 10A batteries. Found a website called RapidTables that does the calculations for you.
Turns out with a 1ohm coil you could set the mod to 100 watts before you hit 10A draw on the battery. You do hit the limit quite fast with lower resistance coils.
I ran the numbers through the calculator and never went over 4 amps for any of my setups, which is reassuring. That's a useful web site.
Turns out with a 1ohm coil you could set the mod to 100 watts before you hit 10A draw on the battery. You do hit the limit quite fast with lower resistance coils.
I ran the numbers through the calculator and never went over 4 amps for any of my setups, which is reassuring. That's a useful web site.
Do you have a link? That may help explain why my batteries don't seem to last as long as other people's. I vape low resistance coils, 0.2-0.5 Ω, at 75 watts.
A SS316L coil running in power mode only increases ~1/10th of an ohm. Depending on the mod it could be (very slightly) more.
Other than that, nothing happens, regulated mods can handle it easily. Occasionally I do run SS316L in power mode - zero issues/problems.
While RapidTables is okay for very basic information on watts/volts/amps/ohms it doesn't inform us what our batteries are doing.
Basically, it's useless for helping us to understand how our batteries function.
A much better, vape related, website for determining your battery drain is Steam-Engine. It was created for vapers by vapers.
Battery drain | Steam Engine | free vaping calculators
Battery drain calculator for APVs/mech mods. Returns amp drain, power drain, amp limit headroom, run time, estimated number of puffs, etc.
www.steam-engine.org
Visit the page and enter the coil data for your RBA and the specific details for your battery and the battery drain tool will show you all the details you might want to know.
Scroll to the bottom of the page for very detailed explanations for each section.
Are you using the Molicel M35 18650 3500 mAh 10A?
I entered the data you provided, see the attached screenshot.
ETA: The battery drain page does not have an 18650 battery preset for a Molicel 10A. There are other 10A batteries in the list. Choose one of those.
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I don't think most people vape 0.2-0.5 Ω at 75 watts.
With that setup a single battery mod will drain a battery fairly quickly.
A dual battery mod would offer ~double the vape time.
ETA: 20700 or 21700 battery mods would be best for your setup vs. 18650's.
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Here's the page I used. It's probably close enough for simple single coil usage.
Watts/Volts/Amps/Ohms Calculator
Watts (W) / volts (V) / amps (A) / ohms (Ω) calculator.
www.rapidtables.com
@SMT posted a more vape related site below. I haven't got into it yet but it has a lot more vape related detail. With the low voltage and high power you use I guess you are going to need some pretty hefty batteries.
OK. Good info to have, that the resistance only increases by a small amount. I can try it without worrying.
cheers
Looked up my last order and I have Molicel M35A 18650 3500mAh 10A batteries. That is the one you mentioned, so yes.While RapidTables is okay for very basic information on watts/volts/amps/ohms it doesn't inform us what our batteries are doing.
Basically, it's useless for helping us to understand how our batteries function.
A much better, vape related, website for determining your battery drain is Steam-Engine. It was created for vapers by vapers.
Battery drain | Steam Engine | free vaping calculators
Battery drain calculator for APVs/mech mods. Returns amp drain, power drain, amp limit headroom, run time, estimated number of puffs, etc.
Visit the page and enter the coil data for your RBA and the specific details for your battery and the battery drain tool will show you all the details you might want to know.
Scroll to the bottom of the page for very detailed explanations for each section.
Are you using the Molicel M35 18650 3500 mAh 10A?
I entered the data you provided, see the attached screenshot.
ETA: The battery drain page does not have an 18650 battery preset for a Molicel 10A. There are other 10A batteries in the list. Choose one of those.
I took a look at your screen shot. The amp usage appeared to be a little higher than the number I got from RapidTables.
My first thought is that RapidTables was close enough to reassure me that my simple high ohm single coil low power vaping wasn't going to stress out those Moli's.
For someone using low ohms and high power not so much. Like @Territoo with 0.2 coils, where you are likely to be pushing closer to the limits, that steam-engine site is way safer.
When I get some free time I'll definitely spend some time on steam-engine. I love playing around with stuff like that.
cheers
2 washes done. All bed stuff washed and dried including clothes. All that put away and bed made. Also cooked 2 chicken breasts and cut them up for dinner. Then watched for my WalMart delivery. Guess I can rest a bit now.
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