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UncleChuck

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Why does the Poldiac hit harder than other mechs,im thinking its because the switch is stting above the batt and closer too the tank and supply power directly,am i right?

Supertrunker hit the nail on the head. The materials used for contact points have the most effect in performance (and whether they are clean or dirty) The material used for the mech itself also plays a part, but it's relatively small when compared to differences contact points make.

The location of the switch above the battery shouldn't really matter. The entire mech is still the current path, so current is still traveling through the entire device in the same manner it does with a normal bottom-switch device.
 

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Why does the Poldiac hit harder than other mechs,im thinking its because the switch is stting above the batt and closer too the tank and supply power directly,am i right?
Sorry, but no... you are not. Electricity doesn't really care about the relatively short "distances" covered by a mech - because electricity, depending on the medium of travel, moves from 33% to 97% of light speed. Light speed is 186,000 miles per second.

The term "hit harder" is... so annoying that it brings up my stomach contents. A mech mod is a battery holder and switch. It's ability to deliver full battery potential is based on the continuity of the entire device including the switch, as a whole.
If the device has just one area of poor continuity, then the entire device will have a voltage loss at the atomizer contacts.
You can, with a DMM, identify poor continuity of individual elements of a mech - be it the threads of tube and cap or button, the contacts themselves or the all important continuity between button and button housing or collet.

You can't "hit" any harder than a 0.00 voltage loss... and even the best Poldiac tested has a 0.09v loss.
 
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