Understanding Steam Engine...

[ralph029]

Am I understanding Steam Engine correctly? I plugged in some very basic coil data and the question I have is about optimal wattage settings. I understand that there are many variables in how we vape but is Steam Engine saying that optimal electrical usage is 26 W at 2.8 V? Is that what heat flux means?

 

[HondaDavidson]

It is not telling the optimal heat flux at all... that is avuser selected target.... It is saying to reach the user selected optimal heat flux target. You would set the mod to output X watts which will occur when you feed Y volts to the coil.
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Now if you are building for unregulated mod.... you have to bump the heat flux till the volts read what ever battery voltage you are using. since you cant adjust volts.... you would adjust the build to change the watts and the HF number.

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[Train]

No - it's giving you an idea "how hot" your build will vape.
As mentioned above, for a mech, roll it up to whatever watts your resistance will be vaping at, or with a regulated device look at watts you might be vaping at - and then you can see the "heat" indicator -

My favorite setups are often around ~250-300. Not red hot, but not cool...

Am I understanding Steam Engine correctly? I plugged in some very basic coil data and the question I have is about optimal wattage settings. I understand that there are many variables in how we vape but is Steam Engine saying that optimal electrical usage is 26 W at 2.8 V? Is that what heat flux means?

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[ralph029]

It is not telling the optimal heat flux at all... that is avuser selected target.... It is saying to reach the user selected optimal heat flux target. You would set the mod to output X watts which will occur when you feed Y volts to the coil.
In
Now if you are building for unregulated mod.... you have to bump the heat flux till the volts read what ever battery voltage you are using. since you cant adjust volts.... you would adjust the build to change the watts and the HF number.

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Thanks!

 

[ralph029]

No - it's giving you an idea "how hot" your build will vape.
As mentioned above, for a mech, roll it up to whatever watts your resistance will be vaping at, or with a regulated device look at watts you might be vaping at - and then you can see the "heat" indicator -

My favorite setups are often around ~250-300. Not red hot, but not cool...

I have found myself in that same heat range. Thank you.