The question of life... battery life.

[V8Maverick]

I would be more worried about something causing a short. Like maybe the wire comes loose, or as someone else had happen a small wire clipping unknowingly fell into the tank and seemed to work fine until later when it moved between a post and the side wall and caused a short. Not trying to scare you (or anyone else) but sometimes happens and Murphy's law presides. I am not familiar with the HOG so maybe it has some sort of fuse in it, if not, I would find a way to install one.

Eeeek. I was actually thinking of trying to wire it into the mains. 240 volts seems like fun.
I don't think the HOG does have any kind of fuse, worst thing is when you do change the batteries for a brand new set and it blows your brain because you've not realised just how much capacity your old batts had lost over time. Perhaps I should take a cue from my colleagues' incredulous expression on his face when it flashed over and spat a 6" flame through the drip tip yesterday and I just re-dripped and carried on.

 

[stols001]

Here's another, if that is what motivates YOU:

Anna

 

[V8Maverick]

Disturbing

 

[stols001]

Cool it's working?

Anna

 

[dripster]

Yup, makes perfect sense. Out of interest, are most regulated mods parallel or series? I figured they had to be series as the one or two I've had that show voltage coming off of the chip push well in excess of 4.2.

The vast majority of them are series, whereas the 4-battery ones typically are paraseries.

 

[dripster]

A 4 battery mech? You are very brave. I have seen the damage a single battery can cause if something goes wrong, I don't even want to think about 4 batteries exploding.

Before someone goes all "you can do it safely if you know what you are doing", yeah I know. I also know we are all people and people do occasionally make mistakes. A mistake on a 4 battery mech mod will be life changing (definitely for the worse) if not fatal.

I know people do occasionally make mistakes. Which is why I always consider myself lucky for the fact I'm not people.

 

[V8Maverick]

I know people do occasionally make mistakes. Which is why I always consider myself lucky for the fact I'm not people.

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Is that thing.
A. A vape?
B. An enforcer?
C. A torture device?
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[ScottP]

Is that thing.
A. A vape?
B. An enforcer?
C. A torture device?
[Edited]

E. All of the above.

 

[dripster]

Is that thing.
A. A vape?
B. An enforcer?
C. A torture device?
[Edited]

It's a Purge Mods Maelstrom with three Assassin extension tubes on it. Here's a pic of my coil build:

 

[V8Maverick]

It's a Purge Mods Maelstrom with three Assassin extension tubes on it. Here's a pic of my coil build:

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I'm not sure I want to know how many volts.

 

[dripster]

I'm not sure I want to know how many volts.

With four Sony VTC5A batteries, I'd say it's about 15.8 volts.

 

[stols001]

How funny that the first true successful multi use vape is actually a mech mod . Irony.

I still want to try that giraffe looking "vape through the liquid of your choice" thing, mainly for fun although a) I'd probably break it instantly and b) even if I didn't it would find it's final home and resting place next to my fondue sets.

Anna

 

[V8Maverick]

With four Sony VTC5A batteries, I'd say it's about 15.8 volts.

0.632Ω max build then. I think that works out to 25A @ 395watts. That would be fun to try.

 

[dripster]

0.632Ω max build then. I think that works out to 25A @ 395watts. That would be fun to try.

I also own a bunch of Samsung 20S batteries, though...

 

[diagrammatiks]

I also own a bunch of Samsung 20S batteries, though...

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what's this rda.

 

[dripster]

what's this rda.

It's the Purge Mods Maelstrom RDA. The outside of the cap is 24mm, whereas the build deck is 19.5mm.

 

[ScottP]

what's this rda.

It's called "The Juice Guzzler". It allows you to drip a full 15ml of liquid and puff it all away if just 3 to 4 puffs. Then drip another 15 ml.

 

[V8Maverick]

I also own a bunch of Samsung 20S batteries, though...

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Juggernaught wire is about 2Ω/m? So 6 coils parallel, 3mm @ 11 wraps = about 0.07? Sounds tasty at 15 volts.

 

[dripster]

Juggernaught wire is about 2Ω/m? So 6 coils parallel, 3mm @ 11 wraps = about 0.07? Sounds tasty at 15 volts.

It isn't juggernaut wire. Instead, it is one of my coil builds I built all the way from scratch using my cordless drill and swivels so what you're seeing here was made entirely by me and my own hands excepting only I didn't smelt the wire myself, as that part of the job was done by Sandvik in Sweden where they make not only Kanthal, but the highest quality Nichrome 80 wire also.

It is a single long strand of .3×.1 ribbon wire folded in half before twisting the two halves together, which I then clapton'd around with 38g after that, and then finally I took another strand of .3×.1 ribbon and laid it in parallel with that before twisting those two together. So basically an adaptation of the tiger coil build that AFAIK nobody else except me has come up with before, as thus far I haven't yet seen anyone else make use of ribbon wire specifically in this unconventional, or possibly even unique kind of way.

 

[RayofLight62]

Devil is in the details...

Please, take a look to a specific graph which is present in all batteries datasheet, the "Battery capacity Vs. Output current"...

It takes time, but once you have a full grasp of that one graph, you will be looking at batteries under a totally different perspective.