HOW TO SET THE RIGHT VOLTAGE, WATTAGE, AND OHMS FOR YOUR VAPE?

Learn the difference between voltage and wattage, and ohm and resistance

How To Set The Right Voltage, Wattage, Ohms For Your Vape

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Setting the right level on your device is pretty easy. Most coils have an operating range specified on the coil, but it helps to have a rough idea of why that range is what it is. Basically coils have a certain resistance stated on them. Lower resistance coils have a higher operating range while higher resistance coils have a lower operating range.

Most variable (or regulated) devices are setup to use wattage, which make it super easy to set your device to the right level. If you are using a lower resistant coil- you can go higher, if you are using a higher resistant coil- you can go lower. But always set your device wattage within the operating range specified on the actual coil. If you exceed the limit on the coil, the coil wick may burn producing an awful burn taste and that coil is now damages and you will have to replace it with a fresh one.

Voltage is related to wattage, and usually comes into vaping when we are talking about Mech mods or device that have a set voltage output. How voltage works is that it is a set value and you use a coil with a certain resistance so that it releases a certain wattage. Voltage vaping with Mech devices is usually done by more experience vapers, who are trying to customize their devices output by building custom coils with a certain resistance.

The other time voltage comes into play, is when you set your device to variable voltage rather than variable wattage. Then you can set your device to 1V or 2V and so on. The difference is that 4V is pretty much the highest and there are a lot of watts in each volt increment. So when you turn your device up from 1V to 2V, you are turning it up a lot. Then you have to make sure that the wattage output is within the coil range, so using voltage is usually something that more experience vapers do.

What is the difference between Voltage and Wattage?

Voltage is like the force that is pushing the electricity through the coil.  Wattage is the energy that is released as heat and comes about as the Amperage (Amps) increases. Amps is basically the speed of the electricity and the Amps increase as the Voltage is increased and then the Wattage increases as a result.
In vaping we usually don’t talk about Amps that much. It is usually only relevant when it comes to choosing batteries, where you need to get a battery with a high Amperage output.
When we are using our variable vaping device and setting the Wattage, what is happening is the device is measuring the resistance of the coil and calculating the right Voltage to use so that the result will release that set value of Watts.

What is Ohms and Resistance?

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The Ohm’s is the resistance of your coil. The higher the Ohm’s, the higher the resistance and that means that the coil cannot stand a very high wattage output. You can think of it like a pipe of water, when the pipe is wide- it lets more water through faster and when the pipe is thin- it slows the water down and if forced to hard the pipe may break. The same think applies to coils, if a high resistance coils is turned up too high- it will either break or get so hot so quickly that it will burn the cotton wick.

Lower resistance coils can withstand more power and will release a higher wattage. If a lower resistant coil is not turned up high enough it will not heat up very much at all. So your lower resistance coils will have a higher operating range while your higher resistance coils will have a lower operating range.

Frequently Asked Questions

Setting the right level on your device is pretty easy. Most coils have an operating range specified on the coil, but it helps to have a rough idea of why that range is what it is. Basically coils have a certain resistance stated on them. Lower resistance coils have a higher operating range while higher resistance coils have a lower operating range.
Most variable (or regulated) devices are setup to use wattage, which make it super easy to set your device to the right level. If you are using a lower resistant coil- you can go higher, if you are using a higher resistant coil- you can go lower. But always set your device wattage within the operating range specified on the actual coil. If you exceed the limit on the coil, the coil wick may burn producing an awful burn taste and that coil is now damages and you will have to replace it with a fresh one.
Voltage is related to wattage, and usually comes into vaping when we are talking about Mech mods or device that have a set voltage output. How voltage works is that it is a set value and you use a coil with a certain resistance so that it releases a certain wattage. Voltage vaping with Mech devices is usually done by more experience vapers, who are trying to customize their devices output by building custom coils with a certain resistance.
The other time voltage comes into play, is when you set your device to variable voltage rather than variable wattage. Then you can set your device to 1V or 2V and so on. The difference is that 4V is pretty much the highest and there are a lot of watts in each volt increment. So when you turn your device up from 1V to 2V, you are turning it up a lot. Then you have to make sure that the wattage output is within the coil range, so using voltage is usually something that more experience vapers do.

Voltage is like the force that is pushing the electricity through the coil. Wattage is the energy that is released as heat and comes about as the Amperage (Amps) increases. Amps is basically the speed of the electricity and the Amps increase as the Voltage is increased and then the Wattage increases as a result.
In vaping we usually don’t talk about Amps that much. It is usually only relevant when it comes to choosing batteries, where you need to get a battery with a high Amperage output.
When we are using our variable vaping device and setting the Wattage, what is happening is the device is measuring the resistance of the coil and calculating the right Voltage to use so that the result will release that set value of Watts.

The Ohm’s is the resistance of your coil. The higher the Ohm’s, the higher the resistance and that means that the coil cannot stand a very high wattage output. You can think of it like a pipe of water, when the pipe is wide- it lets more water through faster and when the pipe is thin- it slows the water down and if forced to hard the pipe may break. The same think applies to coils, if a high resistance coils is turned up too high- it will either break or get so hot so quickly that it will burn the cotton wick.
Lower resistance coils can withstand more power and will release a higher wattage. If a lower resistant coil is not turned up high enough it will not heat up very much at all. So your lower resistance coils will have a higher operating range while your higher resistance coils will have a lower operating range.

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