Zero Volt Mod?

[theturtle]

This seems almost too simple to ask, but I'm a simple kinda guy, so I'll ask anyway. What's stopping a vaper from vaping e-liquid with a regular 'ol heat source, other than a voltage powered atomizer? Say I just stick some liquid into a sorta (OTHER ITEM) lookin thing, heat it with a lighter for a second to vaporize it, and inhale that?

My understanding of an atomizer is it converts electric power, typically from batteries, into heat. This heat turns small amounts of e-liquid into a vapor which is then inhaled.

So what if I wanna go camping and don't feel like lugging along enough batteries to last the trip? Or what if a hurricane just hit my hometown, I'm locked up in my house for over a week with no power and I drained my last battery yesterday, but I still have plenty of e-liquid and a box of lighters from when I used to smoke cancer sticks. What's stopping me from just putting a tiny drop of my e-juice into a safely enclosed vessel, carefully hitting it with a flame to heat it up to ~180°F, and inhaling the resulting vapor?

I can't think of a reason not to..

 

[TheBlueAdept]

Other than lack of precise temp control, I agree it is fine to try in theory. In practice I suspect it might be hard to avoid scorching. I would end up MacGyvering a flashlight and come full circle lol.

Sent from my phone; Please excuse typos / autocorrections.

 

[slimest]

If I were you, I would make a tube from aluminium foil, put inside a piece of a cotton saturated with e-liquid and wape using a candle...
Should work. Of course it would not be so simple and non-glitchy as an e-cig, but ...

 

[roadrash]

here ya go. candle power.

 

[Loveridden]

I doubt it would be as convenient as you think it would be, and plus, how would it LOOK?? Would you really want to do that on a public camping ground, or anywhere someone else could see?

 

[slimest]

Loveridden, try to read the topic again. TS says about the complete electrical power loss. We are talking about emergency situation.

 

[Loveridden]

Sorry, I didn't think we were discussing strictly an emergency situation, he mentioned camping....

 

[roadrash]

here ya go. candle power.

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This does work in an emergency situation. I know. I did it. The top one with the spout would prolly be the better one. be careful though the throat hit is a bear. Start off easy inhale.

 

[Dj Xy]

Actually butane powered herbal vaporizers can be used for ejuice.

 

[slimest]

Just imaging: you are in a cellar, no possibility to make fire because of oxygen deficiency. What to do if you really need nicotine? You cannot make fire to heat up the liquid, but you can use the our ancients experience.
Do you remember how our ancestors made heat? They used a piece of wood and a rope. A couple of turns of the rope and move this quickly...
Let's imagine: a metallic tube with a cotton moistured with e-liquid, a rope above with a bow to move it conveniently. Well, if you are anxious to vape, should work
Hahaha, something from scouts experience

 

[slopes]

Raidy made a vaper using a charcoal burner - the type used for hand-warmers. He has photos of it somewhere on his thread... though finding them is a different matter

EDIT: I tried a while ago to make a device using butane and a catalytic converter (as in the Zippo hand-warmers). It worked - but was too small to create much vapour.

 

[theturtle]

...They used a piece of wood and a rope. A couple of turns of the rope and move this quickly...

This gave me a whole 'nother idea...build a "human" powered mod, using one of those hand powered flashlights where you squeeze a handle or turn a wheel which generate the voltage. Just stick some resistors in there to get the voltage right, plug in a connector and BAM! Zero Volt Mod. Perfect for camping or emergencies.

Definitely doing this soon.

 

[theturtle]

This one looks perfect. It even has a "USB Cell Phone Charger" so it's already got perfect voltage for 510. Looks like it's just a rechargeable battery so there's no cranking while your vaping, just crank and puff!

FRYS.com | Grundig Eton

 

[theturtle]

and of course, this isn't an original idea at all...

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...ttempted-mod-hand-crank-flashlight-yet-2.html

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/221332-noob-checking-run-your-life-2.html

 

[theturtle]

also on the subject of camping, I wonder if one could bulk vaporize a bottle of e-liquid and store it in gaseous form in a pouch or bag of some sort with a one way valve on it...

 

[zapped]

It would condense pretty rapidly

 

[classwife]

Non e-cig related, not how we use e-liquids...apples & oranges.

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