Wires and Battery Question.

[rpc562]

How does wires work? lower the gauge cooler vape? I've only used 28g(mephisto and tobh) and 26g(kayfun lite, magma, and CATs) and I want to try 24g or 22g but I don't have any idea what's gonna be the BIG difference in a vape except lower the gauge lower ohm.

and also batteries. I've been hearing that I need to use safe battery for sub ohm so I just got Sony VTC5s only and how does mAH and amp works? I think mAH is capacity of your battery so higher the number, your battery will last you longer and I believe amp is what decide the vaping power? when I hit the fire button? am i correct? I tried to find these information online by myself but it seems confusing and I couldn't get the EASY answer I wanted to get.

Can someone explain these two question to me? I wanna try super SUB OHM like 0.2 and less and wants to know about the wires(what the lower gauge does and how the battery work). THANK YOU you GENIuSeS

 

[Catuela]

rpc, if you want to go low ohm, you definitely need to do your research first to make sure the equipment you are using is safe. Watch videos on the YouTubes and read everything you can. The easiest way to learn what you need to know about the electronic principles that govern the flow of electrical current is to use a site like 101science.com.

Hope this helps. Be safe

 

[Baditude]

Different gauge wires allow for more or less surface area for the electrons to move on the coils to heat the coils and make contact with the e-liquid to be vaporized.

The larger the diameter of the wire the more surface area and the more vapor you can get. It will take more power (amps) from the battery to fire the larger diameter wire, and it will take longer for it to heat up due to the higher resistance of the heavier wire. Smaller diameter wire has less resistance and will heat up faster, but it lacks the surface area of the heavier gauge wire.

You must have a way to measure your coil's resistance (ohms). An ohm reader box or digital multimeter is a must. Never fire a coil until you know its resistance. The coil will draw amps from the battery when you press the fire button.

Sub-ohm coils draw more amps the lower in ohms (resistance) you go. Never pull more amps from the battery than what it has to give (this can cause the battery to go into thermal runaway), so when doing sub-ohm coils use a 30 amp continuous discharge rate battery like the Sony VTC series. Use the Ohm's Law Calculator to determine if you battery can handle the amp draw. Know the amp limits of your battery.

1.0 ohm = 4.2 amp draw
0.9 ohm = 4.6 amp draw
0.8 ohm = 5.2 amp draw
0.7 ohms = 6 amp draw
0.6 ohms = 7 amp draw
0.5 ohms = 8.4 amp draw
0.4 ohms = 10.5 amp draw
0.3 ohms = 14.0 amp draw
0.2 ohms = 21.0 amp draw
0.1 ohms = 42.0 amp draw
0.0 ohms = dead short (thermal runaway battery)

Here is a simple guide to understanding Ohm's Law: Ohm's Law for Dummies

If you can not understand simple Ohm's Law principles, you have no business doing sub-ohm vaping. Vape safe my friend.

 

[rpc562]

Ty so much. I got sony vtc5 which is 30amp so i will stay around .2-.4 ohm area. I will def. check out the laws you attached.