vamo v5 battery help.
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You can run 2 and 3 ohm coils safely.
You can drive 30 mph safely.
As a rule of thumb anything over 1 ohm is considered safe enough.
You can drive 30 mph safely.
As a rule of thumb anything over 1 ohm is considered safe enough.
No... It will do 6v max, but if the coil you have on it means more than 15w, it will pwm to keep it at 15w.
In fact, the VAMO fires from 6v to 0v 33.3 times a sec ALL THE TIME. It uses PWM to adjust the on/off time of the coil to hold the wattage you select. 15w is the max, even in stacked mode, which fires the coil from 7.5+v to 0v and will never reach a flat line voltage.
Exactly. The vamo outputs 6 volts or 0 volts. The higher the voltage you want, the longer it fires the 6 volts pulse for; when you set it to 6 volts , then it has no choice left and stays at 6 volts without dropping to 0.
When you set the vamo to volts and try to set anything less than 6 volts and measure with a meter, you measure less than what you set; I'm talking RMS mode here. But when you set it to 6 volts, you get 6 volts on the multimeter.
Just checked; with 3 volts set, the meter read 1.5 volts; with 6 volts set, meter read 6 volts.
Ok; that is with a battery;
you got a point with the stacked case; in power mode, my 7.5volt powered v5 head gave me a 7.5volt ; and when I switched to volt mode at 6 volt, it only read 5 volts. So something going on there.
This is what the VAMO output looks like in stacked and single mode... Notice that the PWM is keeping it at right around 15w by regulating the voltage for the ohmage seen.. Notice that the only one able to reach 6v is the 3ohm coil.. (stacked mode on this one actually went a little higher - to 6.2v). All the lower ohm coils had their voltage capped much sooner than 6v. You cannot set the VAMO for 6v on a 1ohm through 2.5ohm coil and expect 6v.. It does, however, do much better stacked. So if that extra volts is what you need, I suggest running stacked.
credit: Taste Your Juice | THE VAMO V5 REVIEW
credit: Taste Your Juice | THE VAMO V5 REVIEW
Oh, and BTW, in stacked mode, the VAMO does more wattage and goes a little higher (to ~6.9v) in wattage mode vs volt mode 
Will it be worth spending the money on 2 batteries or more worth it to get a 20 dollar nemesis clone?
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Would the stacked make I noticeable difference is the question.
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Are you checking with no load? You need a load (ohms) to have power (watts)... A no load voltage reading is meaningless in this case. And, unless you a very fast DVM, it wont read PWM very well... thus your 1.5v on a 3v setting...
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Depends on what you want... If you are after the big wattage, get a mech mod and go sub-ohm.. Its more risky, however, if you dont understand what you are doing with Ohm's Law and current draw from batteries. If you just need that little bit more 'oomph' from your VAMO, get the 2 18350's... You'll cut your vape time per charge down though (smaller mAh batteries). If you want to be safe AND have the power, get a higher wattage regulated mod, like the Seven 22, DNA20, DNA30, etc.. They are more than $20 though. You can get the Hana clone DNA30 from FT for $56..
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Ok.. Thats why you are reading the voltage you are... In single batt mode, 6v no load is 6v. In stacked mode, that 7.5v is regulated down to 6v, but since its a pulse width modulated signal, your meter is reading it as 5v as it cant keep up with the up and down @ 33.3hz
Bad, if he moved to a regulated DNA 30 mod, wouldn't that solve his problem without moving to a mech?
I use two 18350's stacked in my Vamo V5 and definitely can tell a difference in comparison to one 18650. And the cost of two 18350's is actually slightly less than one 18650. Will it be enough of a difference to meet your needs? For $11, it's worth a try. Just make sure to rotate the batteries after every use and always use matched pairs.
Might as well just spend 9 more bucks and get the mechanical which I know my batteries can safely operate to .4 ohms
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Lol ya probably later down the road. I have 2 babies and on a tight budget.
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