Standard or LR Atty - How can you tell the difference?

[kgeiger002]

I bought a Riva kit from Strictly e-juice and it came with two attys. They were advertised as standard Joye 510 attys. But I swear this first one I just started using seems to perform just like my last LR atty which unfortunately died. I have to say I am quite surprised with the performance (TH/vapor) of this (supposed) regular atty. The kit labeled these as Joye atty's but there's no logo on either one. No markings at all.

Just curious if there is anyway to tell one from the other (Standard vs LR)?

Thanks

 

[bearscreek]

I'm sure the different kits are different and I'm sure they even vary from one color to the other, but my titanium Riva had one atty that looked "normal" and one that had a wide gold band. I haven't used either, but I had assumed that the one with the wide gold band was the LR (my kit was supposed to have one of each). Otherwise, I don't know. My other LR atties do have LR written on them, but they're from Eastmall.

 

[Liv2Ski]

Most LR atty's (not all) have a stamp on the inner connector (the piece that makes contact with the batt). The stamp should be "LR". Some have it painted on the tube. The best way is to check is with a voltmeter to be 100% sure. A LR atty should be 1.5 to 1.7 ohms.

 

[rolygate]

Get a cheap digital multimeter and test them. Only real way to tell - I've had 'stock' atties that metered out low, and LR atties that were up in the standard range.

LR = 1.5 to 1.9 Ohms
Stock = 2.1 to 2.5 Ohms

Test an atty by placing one probe in the small hole in the centre pole of the atty, the other probe on the outer threads. Set the meter to the lowest resistance scale.
Before you do this, short the probes out and check for overhead - some cheap meters have about 0.2 Ohms resistance in the circuit before you start. Deduct that from the final reading:

Meter test shows 0.2 Ohms overhead
Atty on test reads 1.8 Ohms
Deduct the overhead, test = 1.6 Ohms

 

[Willriker]

Are the batteries the same? People discount how important the battery is in these sort of things.


For example: a 3.2 V battery matched with a 1.7 Ohm atomizer will behave pretty darn similar to a 3.7 V battery with a 2 Ohm atomizer.

It is a tug of war between the voltage and the resistance, and the rope is provided by:

P = (V^2)/R

 

[kgeiger002]

Are the batteries the same? People discount how important the battery is in these sort of things.


For example: a 3.2 V battery matched with a 1.7 Ohm atomizer will behave pretty darn similar to a 3.7 V battery with a 2 Ohm atomizer.


It is a tug of war between the voltage and the resistance, and the rope is provided by:

P = (V^2)/R

They're two Riva batteries. They are the same.

 

[son et lumiere]

They will say LR on the bottom in brass. Strictlyejuice sends their kits out with Joye 510 atomizers not the cheap ones that other kits come with. Joye 510 atomizers produce tons of vapor. If it died really fast you might be able to get it replaced. They replaced a couple for me that died very quickly.