Resistance of the Reo Grand

[gamedemon]

So I have been using my Reo Grand for a couple of months and LOVE it... I have 2 minis and 2 Grands.. I was reading the other day how people were saying that the same atty on a reo woodville was a lot hotter than it is on a Reo Grand... Which made me think.... Since the Reoo Grand uses the body to conduct power, and the woodville uses a wire.. there must be resistance in the Grand...
So I checked the Ohm rating on my grand from the negative terminal where the battery sits to the brass fitting, and I got a reading of 0.5 Ohms...

So the question becomes... does this mean when I am using my 1.5 LR 306 Atty, it is actually a 2.0 LR, since 0.5 ohm is being used by the Body of the Grand ?

 

[Rhapsodies Fire]

That seems reasonable....but I think Rob would need to clarify that. I think that testing it under load would be the way to do it. But whatever you do....DO NOT put multimeter leads in the atty connector or adapter while there is a battery in the mod and press the button. You will not like the results.

 

[Big Hitter]

I believe you can actually increase the resistance of the Grand or Mini by how you hold it too.

Its like the iPhone "death grip"

All mods have some resistance to them, but i always figured the same.

Copper wire must work a little better than anodized aluminum body for conducting current I guess.

Some will dispute the science and chalk it up to REO magic