Vaping and temperatures

[N2rock]

So this week it has been cold (well, cold for this area of the country which most people would consider mild or even warm LOL). Anyway, my office has been sitting at a steady 68f. My home remains around 71f. I have been vaping my favorite Irish Creme all week, and have noticed that when vaping in my office (cooler temp) I am not getting any flavor at all. When I drive to/from the office, my car is nice and warm inside and I get good flavor. And when I'm at home (nice and warm) I get good flavor.

Has anyone else noticed a difference in flavors according to ambient temps?

Also makes me wonder what its going to be like when our summer temps hit 100f.

 

[malyden]

I have found that cold weather does sometimes make a difference in taste and vapor. I keep my PV in an pocket close to my skin this helps keep it nice and warm which seems to make a difference.

 

[Girl4givn]

My husband had to stand outside in the sleet last week and inventory bulk oil. He finally stopped trying to vape. He thought the battery was going dead due to cold, but as soon as he got back inside, he said it picked back up again. Outside, there was just no vapor.

 

[Zal42]

He thought the battery was going dead due to cold, but as soon as he got back inside, he said it picked back up again.

He might have been half-right: a battery will perform much worse in cold weather, and the colder it is the worse it gets. It's not inconceivable that it got cold enough that the voltage fell and hurt vaping performance. He could try keeping his pv (or just the battery) in his pants pocket or some other warm place.

 

[316lvm]

We keep the house around 61 degrees here in Minnesota. Haven't really noticed any changes vaping inside. Outside is another story.

At below temps, (up to -25 degrees) batteries have a hard time working, VG juice thickens, hardly any vapor or taste. It's a PITA vaping.

It's not too bad if the car is warmed up. But I always carry 2 sets of batts in the winter.

 

[N2rock]

61 in the house? I would be freezing LOL

But then again, we rarely drop below 40f here in the winter. And many times in the winter we will be 65-70f So yeah, my body is not adapted to any cold.

 

[Zal42]

I believe most pv's use Li-ion batteries. If so, than here's the operating range according to this.

Lithium-ion works within the discharge temperature limits of -20°C to 60°C (-4°F to 140°F). The performance is temperature based, meaning that the rate capability at or below -20°C is reduced due to the increased impedance of the electrolyte. Discharging at low temperatures does not harm the battery. Lithium-ion may be used down to -30°C (-22°F) with acceptable results. Larger packs will be necessary to compensate for the reduced capacity at these temperatures.

It is not recommended to discharge lithium-ion at temperatures above 60°C. A high discharge rates combined with elevated temperatures can cause self-heating, an effect that could permanently damage the separator and electrodes of the cells.

It says -4F is when performance degrades, but that's not the whole truth -- the whole truth is that it's a curve, and performance degrades at higher temperatures than -4 -- but the BIG dropoff is at the -4 point. Most pv's are really using batteries that are a bit too lightweight for the application (because they want to keep the size down), so the temperature effect is likely to be a bigger factor with them.