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    OK after 24 hours vaping a mech mod, I haven't blown myself up :D

    But seriously - I'm happy with my knowledge of ohms law, my battery CDR (samsung 30q 15A) and my rda build (0.65ohms). For this battery, I will keep all builds above 0.35ohms to be safe. And the 0.6ohm-0.7ohm bracket is more my cup of tea wattage wise.

    My questions is: When do I pull the battery?

    With a 0.65ohm build, 4v gives me 25watts
    3.2v gives me 15watts
    I'm hoping that by about 3.4v it will be weak enough to pull. But I'm often running my unregulated mod batteries down to the red flashing light (3.4v) with a similar build.
     

    Blitzdonlife

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    OK after 24 hours vaping a mech mod, I haven't blown myself up :D

    But seriously - I'm happy with my knowledge of ohms law, my battery CDR (samsung 30q 15A) and my rda build (0.65ohms). For this battery, I will keep all builds above 0.35ohms to be safe. And the 0.6ohm-0.7ohm bracket is more my cup of tea wattage wise.

    My questions is: When do I pull the battery?

    With a 0.65ohm build, 4v gives me 25watts
    3.2v gives me 15watts
    I'm hoping that by about 3.4v it will be weak enough to pull. But I'm often running my unregulated mod batteries down to the red flashing light (3.4v) with a similar build.
    If you build at .5-.65, the vape will get weak towards the end of the juice in the squonk bottle in my experience. Checking the battery when pulling it (slapping it out in the V2's case) will tell you what it sits at and give you an idea of the voltage once a bottle of juice has been vaped. After a few times it becomes unnecessary for the most part, but for peace of mind in the beginning, that's a good way to learn.
     

    AngeNZ

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    If you build at .5-.65, the vape will get weak towards the end of the juice in the squonk bottle in my experience. Checking the battery when pulling it (slapping it out in the V2's case) will tell you what it sits at and give you an idea of the voltage once a bottle of juice has been vaped. After a few times it becomes unnecessary for the most part, but for peace of mind in the beginning, that's a good way to learn.

    I love that idea :wub:

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    :)
    Hope you are back to normal gabby Delores asap! ;)



    It's nearly 2 years ago that I fell off my deck and broke my ankle. Even now I am hyper vigilant about falling/tripping. I sometimes still have to mentally force myself, to walk 'normally' through long grass, where I can't see rabbit holes (;)) etc. Ice still scares me ....less :D

    But that is all mind games, and you are right - a form of PTSD. At about 6 months post-accident, I did the one thing that had been terrifying me. I stood off a step, lost balance on a rock, and rolled my newly healed ankle. And nothing at all happened. My bionic ankle (2 plates, 13 screws) handled it easily - didn't even hurt. So that really helped to ease the actual fear. I knew then my ankle wasn't going to break again.

    You are having completely normal feelings. It is scary as hell - but it will ease with time :wub: I can now walk through a paddock of 200 chickens, with a 20kg bag of feed - and they swarm you when you have their dinner :lol:

    Thanks for sharing this. I keep reading and seeing about people who were up and moving right along after a couple of months. I’m going on 3 months and I know I’ve come a long way I feel a bit stuck. And the terror is real! As you said a lot of it’s in my head but I NEVER want to go through this again. And even though it happened indoors I’m terrified of going out especially with all this ice. I made it up and down the 2nd floor stairs yesterday without issues. Wobbly and hanging on for dear life to my cane and the railing. I had a friend on speaker phone lol just in case! It was a confidence booster though that I CAN do it!!

    I’m so glad you survived that 2nd fall or rolling of your ankle.

    I appreciate all the feedback I can get and if you can make it thru 200 eating chickens then I think I’ll do fine eventually too :wub::wub:!!
     

    AngeNZ

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    Thanks for sharing this. I keep reading and seeing about people who were up and moving right along after a couple of months. I’m going on 3 months and I know I’ve come a long way I feel a bit stuck. And the terror is real! As you said a lot of it’s in my head but I NEVER want to go through this again. And even though it happened indoors I’m terrified of going out especially with all this ice. I made it up and down the 2nd floor stairs yesterday without issues. Wobbly and hanging on for dear life to my cane and the railing. I had a friend on speaker phone lol just in case! It was a confidence booster though that I CAN do it!!

    I’m so glad you survived that 2nd fall or rolling of your ankle.

    I appreciate all the feedback I can get and if you can make it thru 200 eating chickens then I think I’ll do fine eventually too :wub::wub:!!

    :lol::lol::lol: You will. Accept the fear, minimize any risk and just take your time :wub:
     

    Don29palms

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    OK after 24 hours vaping a mech mod, I haven't blown myself up :D

    But seriously - I'm happy with my knowledge of ohms law, my battery CDR (samsung 30q 15A) and my rda build (0.65ohms). For this battery, I will keep all builds above 0.35ohms to be safe. And the 0.6ohm-0.7ohm bracket is more my cup of tea wattage wise.

    My questions is: When do I pull the battery?

    With a 0.65ohm build, 4v gives me 25watts
    3.2v gives me 15watts
    I'm hoping that by about 3.4v it will be weak enough to pull. But I'm often running my unregulated mod batteries down to the red flashing light (3.4v) with a similar build.
    Out of curiosity what mod and atty are you using?
     

    Fidola13

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    Some guys vape pen spontaneously combusted in his car which set the entire car aflame. It was his dads vape pen sitting on the passenger seat while he was in the store. This was in Massachusetts. The flames melted some of the siding on the building. From the video it was quite a big fire.
    We’ll probably never get the real or specific facts though. The dad said he’ll continue to vape as he held a vape pen of some sorts in his hands as he was being interviewed. He’s been vaping for over ten years.

    I wonder if it leaked into the board. My vape pen auto fired and did not stop after 10 secs like it’s suppose to. Fortunately I was sitting there and threw it out the door into the yard. The tank had leaked down into the pen. I’m sure leaving it sideways on a bunch of papers on a seat in a car didn’t help.
     

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    Lol Sending this pic to Meg, she has a true hatred of the xmas elf shenanigans.

    Think I want this for xmas. Can't decide between silver or fuchsia.
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    Shiny :wub:!!!! Have you ordered from them before? I like the looks of that one!!
     

    Letitia

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    Shiny :wub:!!!! Have you ordered from them before? I like the looks of that one!!
    No I haven't but since it's their mod from their site figure it'll be fine. 20% off makes it pretty appealing as well. I like both colors a lot. The contrast in the silver is great imo.
    BTW the Zenith pro should be here monday, someone at usps finally scanned it. Of course it was 17 track that found it first.:facepalm:
     

    Fidola13

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    I really like the industrial look of this mod and that it takes 21700 batteries. I sold my only DNA 250 because I didn’t like the hand feel of the Paranormal but $180??????????!

    But, but, but ..... the red is really nice. So isn’t the gunmetal. Reminds me of the Raw Minikin V2 in color which I really like. Unfortunately the gunmetal is on pre- order. I’ve never bought something on pre order. I mean IF I was going to buy one that is.

    But $180!!! It really is nice looking!!
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    Tralfaz

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    OK after 24 hours vaping a mech mod, I haven't blown myself up :D

    But seriously - I'm happy with my knowledge of ohms law, my battery CDR (samsung 30q 15A) and my rda build (0.65ohms). For this battery, I will keep all builds above 0.35ohms to be safe. And the 0.6ohm-0.7ohm bracket is more my cup of tea wattage wise.

    My questions is: When do I pull the battery?

    With a 0.65ohm build, 4v gives me 25watts
    3.2v gives me 15watts
    I'm hoping that by about 3.4v it will be weak enough to pull. But I'm often running my unregulated mod batteries down to the red flashing light (3.4v) with a similar build.
    I just vape until I'm not getting that hit I know and love from the V2. When I swap batteries, the discharged one is almost always at around 75-80% on the charger. I'm a junkie for that fresh battery hit, though. Just swap when you're not getting the hit you like. You'll know when.
     

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