Safety Question

[nickw14]

Hey guys, I'm pretty new to vaping (starting in August of this year). I started with one of the little kanger evod setups and quickly dove into a more advanced RDA setup. I really enjoy building and basically competing with myself to drop ohms with each build. I never really gave safety much thought, though. I have been sub-ohming practically since I got my rda and recently I've been shooting for numbers < 0.10. My last build was a 0.08 and I actually used that one for two days before rebuilding. The atty didn't get as hot as I had anticipated, but the mod did. It was hot to the touch, but not uncomfortable.

My latest build reads 0.02 ohms and I am actually afraid to fire it... Safety crossed my mind this morning as I went to pull my battery off the charger. After putting some numbers into a calculator, I determined that this build is drawing 185A, much higher than my VTC5 is rated for. My question is, what are my options for running something even remotely close to what I have now?? I know people who are running builds < .1 ohm, and I don't how they do it. To my knowledge, vtc5's are some of the best batteries available (or that were available).

Again, I'm new to vaping and have really only been shooting for low ohms. I know there's a lot more to it than that, so if you guys have other suggestions on how to maximize clouds and flavor, I'm all ears.

 

[eyerhere]

Running builds that low is just plain stupid and I doubt you will find anybody to help you go boom.

 

[nickw14]

Running builds that low is just plain stupid and I doubt you will find anybody to help you go boom.

Right. I guess I'm not really asking "Hey guys, who wants to help me run this build for as long as safely possible until it blows up?". It's more like "If there are people running builds close to this, how are they doing it?". Not that I am going to go out and push my equipment to its limits. I would invest in the proper equipment that is both in my realm of knowledge at this time as well as safe for what I am trying to accomplish.

 

[coolercoiler]

You need to get yourself a high powered vw device, its chip might just save you from yourself. Nobody runs builds like that safely on a single 18650 mech.

 

[Marc411]

Nick, I'm not sure many will help or promote that build because it really is not safe. When someone gets hurt or a mod battery goes bad it reflects poorly on the vaping community as a whole.

Check this video out on battery safety and you'll understand why people will say there isn't a safe battery on the market for that build.


http://youtu.be/QQbWVHSiltQ

 

[Lessifer]

I don't think the people running that low are too concerned with safety. If you are, keep your builds above the point where you are exceeding the amp ratings of your batteries. Some people use "pulse" as that cutoff point, but since "pulse" isn't a standard measurement, no one really knows if that's "safe."

On another note, why exactly do you want to go that low?

 

[roxynoodle]

People who vape like this vent a lot of batteries. Eventually they or those around them get hurt.

 

[SLIPPY_EEL]

dont fire it, thats dam right stupid going that low on a single 18650 there are dual parallel 18650 mods out there that cant even go that low safely, you are just asking for trouble at 0.02.
even 0.08 is to low, atleast stay above 0.10, but this isnt me telling you that 0.10 is okay, you take your own risks, 0.15 is okay ish if your very very careful and take short toots with rests between toots and keep checking battery temp.
Gawd! i dont even know why im getting involved!....
Look, make sure your mod is all clean on all contacts and threads etc, if they are dirty it will produce heat so atleast if they are clean and it gets hot you know exactly whats going on.



Edit: and how do you know you have Vtc's, have you taken the wrapper off?


i dont think even this would protect you if it went boobs up http://www.safety-site.co.uk/produc...3&cadevice=c&gclid=CMaajIa_tcICFW3MtAoduzwA_g

 

[supertrunker]

I really enjoy building and basically competing with myself to drop ohms with each build.

What's the prize?

T

 

[bertogxc]

That is waaaay too low, you can get great clouds even at a 2. or 3. build. Get some kind of box mod, much safer

 

[Skunk!]

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[Slurp812]

Internal cell resistance is the cause of the heat in the battery. And the reason you wont be actually seeing 185 amps. The battery just wont do it fully. Tons of droop. Push it too far, and bad things will happen. When the coil resistance is less than the cells internal, you are wasting up most of the power heating up the battery. Please be careful...

 

[stevegmu]

Op, why do you feel you need to build and use such low resistance coils? if you can't get what you think you want out of a safe build, maybe vaping isn't for you...

 

[Plooom]

Stay around .2 to be safe.

 

[CptJYossarian]

0.02 is not safe on an 18650 unregulated single battery mech tube.

What's your build tho? Curious...parallel 18 ga?