Why is my drip tip getting so damn hot?
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Can't believe you guys missed that it was a .2 coil that a shop built for him/her. You guys are slippin... smh
I don't think anybody missed it, and more and more enthusiast oriented shops are guilty of this every day. I think a thread yesterday was all about a guy being in a shop where the employees and their friends were all using G-plat wire and builds from .07 - .04 ohms, and sending brand new vapors out the door with those setups. Yep, those zeroes are in the right places, makes .2 seem almost conservative in comparison doesn't it? Personal risk is a choice, but what some of these shops are doing should be criminal.
Well, you're using a Sigelei 100w, so it really doesn't matter what resistance the build is as long as you stay above the 0.15 ohm minimum it supports. I would actually suggest you increase the resistance a bit, but that's another discussion. 50 watts on a 0.2 ohm build is the same amount of heat as 50 watts on a 1 ohm build. The good thing is you have battery protection in the regulated Sigelei, so your batteries are safe either way.
I've got a Mutation X at around 0.2 ohms on a mech mod so with a fresh battery it's putting around 50 watts into the atty. I use a big metal drip tip in the standard top cap, so it still has the small diameter hole where it goes into that top cap. Even if I only leave six air holes open the drip tip does not get hot through 10 chain vaping drags. Now, I have the air holes lined up with the coils (the bottom of the set of holes) and I do fast lung inhales. Like people have said, you're putting a lot of heat into that atty and if you don't get it out the atty will heat up fast. With all the air holes open I would expect the drip tip to not heat up even at 100 watts, as long as you're taking fast, deep, lung hits.
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It's kind of amazing to me. The vape shop I go to most often will have 5 or 6 customers looking for a build within a couple of hours on a Saturday. I think .5 is as low as they go, but it's the mentality that I guess I don't understand. To each their own I guess. 1/2 of them have messed with the coils since the last build, and they are all janky, lopsided, bent, pulled apart, and CRUSTY! What's the point in having a superior performing atty and then using it like that... lol anyway. Off topic.
I honestly think it's ridiculous for anyone to be using a rebuildable who doesn't build. I could see a shop doing a build to show a customer how to do it, but I don't think it should be a service. It's like buying roll your own tobacco and then going back to the store and paying them to roll them.
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Yes, I do realize this is a low build. Yes, I am new to RDA's. However, I am not new to battery safety. I realize what I am playing with and always do calculations to see what current I am drawing from the battery. Perhaps it is irresponsible of me, actually, yeah it is. I plan on bumping the ohms back up to .4-.6 range. Thank you for those suggesting delrin, etc.
Since you're in Grayslake, I'm familiar with the shops you'd go to. Those employees should have steered you away from a .2 build, but they're useless. What do you think you're getting out of a .2 that a .4 wouldn't do for you? If you think your drip tip is getting hot, guess what's happening to your battery.
Look, y'all have enlightened me over the dangers of a sub-ohm build. I do plan on increasing the ohmage. Quick question though, how does everyone use those builds on an everyday basis and chain vape?
You'll get amazing hits off a .5 build...I promise. Experienced vapers are taking very quick, very short hits to vape like that and they typically are not chain vaping.
Late on this post, but I would recommend the Cherry Vapes Cloudchaser drip tip. Obviously appearance is a preference, so I can't really tell you it looks good (even though I think it does, depending on the RDA). It is wide bore, choice of black or white delrin, friction fit (no o-ring, press fits into almost every atomizer), and is about $10.
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