tank cartomizer

[michealprater]

Been vaping this thing for 2 days now and I am having some issues. I am vaping on a roughstack v2 with a 510 short extension. My normal vape is a 30%/70% mix from tastyvapor. I typically drip with a 306 atty at 1.5ohms, 3.7 volts and get massive vapor.

When I use the tank cartomizer with a 16340, 18350 or 18650 battery for 3.7 volts that vapor is pathetic. Comparable to a gas station e cig.If I double up the 16340s for 5 volts the thing will not even fire, however if I double the 18350s and jump the thing up to 7.4 volts it will fire. I get decent vapor that way, but it cuts out at 1/2 a second so I basically have to pulse the button. When I first fired it at 7.4 it did not cut out and I got massive clouds.

I am not sure what I am doing wrong, the tank storage is awesome, flavor is good, but until this thing performs like a 306 I will just be disappointed.

anyone have any advice???

 

[Para]

What's the resistance on the cartomizer?

 

[Shyam]

If I double up the 16340s for 5 volts the thing will not even fire,

Did you mean 6 volts ? I have a maxi RS , and the stacked 16340's will not fire on some atts. I believe the ultrafire 16340 (3v) have a max draw current of 1.2 amps ( or so ).. The tank carts come with a res of ~ 1.6 ohms, so the batteries will not fire ( protection ckt ) .. You will need 5 ohm carts/atts to fire with the stacked 16340's

Also,i believe the RS switch has a current rating of 3 amps..So if you are using the 1.6 ohms DC carts at 7.4 v , you could end up frying your switch

 

[michealprater]

If I jump to a high ohm load at higher volts, wont that simply cool off the atomizer, therefore making the vaping experience basically the same as 1.6 ohm at 3.7 volts?

 

[mwa102464]

I run 2ohm DC Cartos in my tanks on a VV Mod and they work great at 5-6volts

 

[5vz]

If I jump to a high ohm load at higher volts, wont that simply cool off the atomizer, therefore making the vaping experience basically the same as 1.6 ohm at 3.7 volts?

I have no idea the science behind it, but on the Maxi Rough Stack (or any mod where you can stack batteries) the higher ohm atty or carto with the doubled batteries somehow produces much more "smoke" and TH than the 3.7 with a lr atty or cartomizer.

I don't have a digital vv mod, talking about a Maxi Rough Stack. When I put in two big batteries I cannot use lr atty or cartos, it will burn the atty/carto up.

 

[wolfstone5]

I had the same problem with using it a 3.7 volts on my Maxi RS. If you stack the batteries you have to use the 3 volt ones. Even then it's a bit too much. You'll have to replace the cartomizer with more resistance or maybe consider getting a VV Box Mod. I've been using the tank on mine with the voltage at around 4.2 and it hits like a champ.

 

[michealprater]

I have found that 2 ohms at 5 volts is awesome. Too bad the cartos clog up quickly.

 

[Marb]

I agree, the 2ohm work very well at 5v. I have a home-brew PT (5v 1.2a wall-wart) that works great with the 2ohm, but really lags with the 1.5/1.6's.

As for clogging, I've seen nothing to indicate they're more likely to clog than any other cartos. I've gotten at least 20-30mL through the one carto I've been using on my PT - w/o any cleaning whatsoever. But then again, I stick to fairly clear fluids and heavily diluted "dark" fluids. Case in point: TV's Coffee is about as dark as real coffee, but diluted to 10% it's a very light pinkish-tan (still tastes good if not better, IMHO) and doesn't clog cartos nearly as fast as using it straight.

 

[michealprater]

It definitely could be the dark juices I was using. Thanks for the input!

 

[D. Waterhouse]

1.5 ohm on an AWIMR 18650 does the trick for me. I can get good TH w/ 3ml vg on a fresh carto.

 

[jduncan]

If I jump to a high ohm load at higher volts, wont that simply cool off the atomizer, therefore making the vaping experience basically the same as 1.6 ohm at 3.7 volts?

You're right, and wrong.
In terms of Power Output (watts), yes the power output is the same. 1.5ohm at 3.5v will output the same power as 3ohm at 7v. The difference is the physical characteristics of the higher res coils - that is, larger and longer. So more juice is exposed to the coil when you fire, resulting in denser, cooler vapor without the heat buildup in the carto. This only holds true, though, comparing single coil to single, or dual to dual. Remember dual coil cartos have TWO coils wired in parallel, so if you do the math and find that 1.5ohm at 3.7v puts out roughly 8 watts, those 8 watts are split between two 3ohm coils, so each one gets 4, which may not be hot enough to give you the vapor you're looking for.

 

[Madcaprym]

Hmm these cartos work great for me on my provari... Maybe you got a bad batch?