One thing I read that I immediately reacted to..
30 Watts
Just no
As already mentioned you'll want to have that on any TC mod at 40+....
There's 2 ways of thinking of Watts when in TC mode (as a ceiling, OR as an initial setting - some mods will use this temporarily in conjunction with a preheat function...but I never used preheat - for reasons I won't get into a long diatribe about today), and I'll share my way of thinking...
I'm from the "it's a ceiling" school..as in the Watts I set for TC mode is the ceiling or limit for what the mod can use for Watts to reach my set temp.
Even more basically, it's the highest I would vape that coil in Watts mode (non-TC) PLUS a little headroom...i.e. i happen to know via monitoring that initially to hit my set temp of 200c, my mod will chuck 35 watts at the coil (this then drops to around 19 Watts to maintain the temp). So I set my Watts personally to 40 watts...this gives me the 35 watts I know I need, plus a little headroom should I need to up my set temp 5-10 degrees c. Ive never altered my set temps wildly (in fact I have a summer temp and a winter temp, and so I change my set temp twice a year) or by higher than 5/10 c...
Is there any harm in setting it higher/what if I can't or can't be bothered (or am not boring enough) to monitor it and set it as anally as you do?
No, the reason I do it this way is that way back in the mists of time when TC was new, not all mods were super accurate/efficient at TC (yes, even the early dna chips could do this), and you could find yourself thrown out if TC mode, and so if you suddenly got thrown out if TC mode back into wattage mode, and your wattage was set at 50/60+ watts, well...dragon's breath. Unpleasant. So my tendency to set just enough watts plus some headroom is a holdover from those days and habit. You're much much less likely to be thrown out of TC mode these days with the quality of chipsets, but some part of my reptilian brain still harbours The Fear
In general 50 watts generally out if the gate as a base watts setting for most folks for any TC mod for starters, and up as needed if you use higher set temps...you'll know if you need to increase...it will take ages (or at worst, never) to reach your set temp and bounce on TC mode...all these metrics easily spotted on a DNA mod connected to PC and using Escribe software of course
p.s. not that I've ever used or would use ceramic coils, but I wouldn't bother using then in TC mode for many reasons, some already covered. TC works at its best with diy coils
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30 Watts
Just no
As already mentioned you'll want to have that on any TC mod at 40+....
There's 2 ways of thinking of Watts when in TC mode (as a ceiling, OR as an initial setting - some mods will use this temporarily in conjunction with a preheat function...but I never used preheat - for reasons I won't get into a long diatribe about today), and I'll share my way of thinking...
I'm from the "it's a ceiling" school..as in the Watts I set for TC mode is the ceiling or limit for what the mod can use for Watts to reach my set temp.
Even more basically, it's the highest I would vape that coil in Watts mode (non-TC) PLUS a little headroom...i.e. i happen to know via monitoring that initially to hit my set temp of 200c, my mod will chuck 35 watts at the coil (this then drops to around 19 Watts to maintain the temp). So I set my Watts personally to 40 watts...this gives me the 35 watts I know I need, plus a little headroom should I need to up my set temp 5-10 degrees c. Ive never altered my set temps wildly (in fact I have a summer temp and a winter temp, and so I change my set temp twice a year) or by higher than 5/10 c...
Is there any harm in setting it higher/what if I can't or can't be bothered (or am not boring enough) to monitor it and set it as anally as you do?
No, the reason I do it this way is that way back in the mists of time when TC was new, not all mods were super accurate/efficient at TC (yes, even the early dna chips could do this), and you could find yourself thrown out if TC mode, and so if you suddenly got thrown out if TC mode back into wattage mode, and your wattage was set at 50/60+ watts, well...dragon's breath. Unpleasant. So my tendency to set just enough watts plus some headroom is a holdover from those days and habit. You're much much less likely to be thrown out of TC mode these days with the quality of chipsets, but some part of my reptilian brain still harbours The Fear
In general 50 watts generally out if the gate as a base watts setting for most folks for any TC mod for starters, and up as needed if you use higher set temps...you'll know if you need to increase...it will take ages (or at worst, never) to reach your set temp and bounce on TC mode...all these metrics easily spotted on a DNA mod connected to PC and using Escribe software of course
p.s. not that I've ever used or would use ceramic coils, but I wouldn't bother using then in TC mode for many reasons, some already covered. TC works at its best with diy coils
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