Voltage to wattage differences?

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Amber.Clouds

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We've been having a lot of trouble with my boyfriends iPV5 with a Maganus tank. I also have the maganus tank, but on a evic-vtc mini. We soon found out that below 50w you're pretty much just boiling the juice and it really kills the atomizer super fast. We started running 50w+ and things seemed better, well they are for my little evic anyways. I noticed if we have ours both set at the same wattage, the ipv5 displays a much higher voltage and the temp of the vapor is much hotter. While I've had the atomizer in mine for the past week, the ipv has burned through 2. When I say burned, I mean the coils were super burnt on the inside and the taste was nasty.
I've been sitting here trying to play around and figure this thing out. If I put the ipv5 down to the same voltage as my evic then it is in the 40s for wattage. However, then the temp feels the same for vapor. The evic at 53.2w and 3.42v feels the same as the 45.1w and 3.42v on the ipv5. I had never really thought about the voltage as having such a big impact, because the focus is often on the wattage in everything you read and hear.
With all this being said, if I run the ipv5 at 45.1w will I still be just boiling the juice rather than truly vaporizing it since the voltage at that number is the same as mine at 53.2w?
We are still figuring vaping out, as smokers for years making the switch to vaping has been pretty great. However, we are getting rather discouraged as we keep coming up with issues. I had a easy switch from cigs to vaping, in 3days I had fully made the switch. My boyfriend had a harder time and in the last week has finally left the cigs alone. His is the setup having the issues and I would hate for him to back track. Any advice or input would be wonderful!!
 

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We've been having a lot of trouble with my boyfriends iPV5 with a Maganus tank. I also have the maganus tank, but on a evic-vtc mini. We soon found out that below 50w you're pretty much just boiling the juice and it really kills the atomizer super fast. We started running 50w+ and things seemed better, well they are for my little evic anyways. I noticed if we have ours both set at the same wattage, the ipv5 displays a much higher voltage and the temp of the vapor is much hotter. While I've had the atomizer in mine for the past week, the ipv has burned through 2. When I say burned, I mean the coils were super burnt on the inside and the taste was nasty.
I've been sitting here trying to play around and figure this thing out. If I put the ipv5 down to the same voltage as my evic then it is in the 40s for wattage. However, then the temp feels the same for vapor. The evic at 53.2w and 3.42v feels the same as the 45.1w and 3.42v on the ipv5. I had never really thought about the voltage as having such a big impact, because the focus is often on the wattage in everything you read and hear.
With all this being said, if I run the ipv5 at 45.1w will I still be just boiling the juice rather than truly vaporizing it since the voltage at that number is the same as mine at 53.2w?
We are still figuring vaping out, as smokers for years making the switch to vaping has been pretty great. However, we are getting rather discouraged as we keep coming up with issues. I had a easy switch from cigs to vaping, in 3days I had fully made the switch. My boyfriend had a harder time and in the last week has finally left the cigs alone. His is the setup having the issues and I would hate for him to back track. Any advice or input would be wonderful!!

Not all mod control boards are equal. The IPV are Evic are 2 separate monsters internally, the IPV is a Yihi made chip, the Evic is a Joyetech made chip. Best way to check accuracy is a simple Ohm's Law equation (Voltage X Voltage/Resistance=Watts or Power) so in reverse (Watts X Resistance=Voltage [Squared] so take the square root of the equation = what the final voltage should be) Example 3.42 X 3.42 = 11.6964 / 0.5 = 23.3928 watts, reverse it we should be about where we were. 23.3928 X 0.5 = 11.6964 then square root we get 3.42volts. If you are running 0.25ohm coils to get to 50watts the voltage should be around 3.54 (3.5355) volts. So we are seeing the accuracy of both chips in relation to the other, one is firing hotter (the Yihi) while the Joyetech is firing lower, so accuracy of the coil detection is affecting this. Variable Voltage and Variable Wattage are almost identical, they are both still variable voltage, adjusting voltage to reach and ending wattage, straight VV is like a stick shift and no cruise control, you adjust manually each new coil, VW is like an automatic transmission coupled with a cruise control, set the speed you want (wattage) and the car adjusts the throttle itself, the road you are traveling is the resistance, go up hill resistance increases, go down hill resistance decreases. The best advice I can give is set the IPV lower in wattage to keep from burning out coils, also if you two are using completely different liquids, if his is thicker (more VG) and sweeter he will burn and gunk up coils quicker as well.
 

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I honestly would not worry too much about the numbers, just start at a lower wattage and gradually increase the wattage until you get the vapour production and temperature that you want. There will be differences between two different devices, but as long as when you set the output to your desired level, it remains consistent it does not really matter. Even with the same tank, different juices and air flow levels can make a big difference how long the coil will last, or how quickly they gunk up or fail.
 

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We've been having a lot of trouble with my boyfriends iPV5 with a Maganus tank. I also have the maganus tank, but on a evic-vtc mini. We soon found out that below 50w you're pretty much just boiling the juice and it really kills the atomizer super fast. We started running 50w+ and things seemed better, well they are for my little evic anyways. I noticed if we have ours both set at the same wattage, the ipv5 displays a much higher voltage and the temp of the vapor is much hotter. While I've had the atomizer in mine for the past week, the ipv has burned through 2. When I say burned, I mean the coils were super burnt on the inside and the taste was nasty.
I've been sitting here trying to play around and figure this thing out. If I put the ipv5 down to the same voltage as my evic then it is in the 40s for wattage. However, then the temp feels the same for vapor. The evic at 53.2w and 3.42v feels the same as the 45.1w and 3.42v on the ipv5. I had never really thought about the voltage as having such a big impact, because the focus is often on the wattage in everything you read and hear.
With all this being said, if I run the ipv5 at 45.1w will I still be just boiling the juice rather than truly vaporizing it since the voltage at that number is the same as mine at 53.2w?
We are still figuring vaping out, as smokers for years making the switch to vaping has been pretty great. However, we are getting rather discouraged as we keep coming up with issues. I had a easy switch from cigs to vaping, in 3days I had fully made the switch. My boyfriend had a harder time and in the last week has finally left the cigs alone. His is the setup having the issues and I would hate for him to back track. Any advice or input would be wonderful!!

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I wouldn't use the .2Ω coils...besides the fact you need to pump a lot more power into em to get good vapor out of em, you'll be blowing through juice like crazy

.5Ω would be better...you'd be able to keep the mg the same, but 1.8Ω MTL coils would reduce your juice consumption and extend the battery life of your mods, but you'd probably want to use 12mg nic, to get the same satisfaction out of the vape
 
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