So I just bought a mech mod and e juice,organic cotton,28 gauge kanthal wire & ohm meter and I have a Samsung battery 18650 2500 mah 3.6v that came with the mod when I test the battery volts and coil resistance what numbers should I expect?
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It depends on what coil you're building. Study the website I posted at the end. In addition, on the coil build page click on the "How it works" in the bottom left corner and read that information. It will guide you in your decisions of your coil builds. Don't expect wonders, it'll take a few builds, in order to find the kind of build you like. Google for some coil build tutorials, in order to see how it's done. I found Rip Tripper's to be informative and entertaining. After securing your coil(s) in the Atomizer, make sure, your build is having the planned resistance and there's no short. You don't want to blow up that nice, brand new mech mod of yours! Especially not in your hand and face!
A freshly charged battery is at around 4.2V and will drop rather quickly down to 3.6ish Volt. Don't discharge below 3.2V, or you'll damage the battery. Worse case, you won't be able to charge it ever again.
http://www.steam-engine.org
A freshly charged battery is at around 4.2V and will drop rather quickly down to 3.6ish Volt. Don't discharge below 3.2V, or you'll damage the battery. Worse case, you won't be able to charge it ever again.
http://www.steam-engine.org
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While I agree with 90% of your reply, that last part isn't entirely true. I've accidently discharged several of my 18650's down to 2ish volts before and my xtar wp1 always brought them back to life. X-tar's are great intellichargers. The battery should hit LVC or low voltage cut before this happens and your battery reaches the point of no return but your completely right to be careful with mech mods. Considering the questions the OP is asking, I really don't think a mech mod and an RBA was a wise choice and I hope they didn't get a hybrid top cap mod but that's another discussion. Question.... Do you also have a multimeter? Your ohm meter can only test the ohms of the coil that you build. A volt meter is needed to test battery voltage and then you can factor in voltage drop under load...There's a lot more to this than just buying batteries, a mod, charger, rba, some kanthal and cotton and going to town. You need some knowledge, if you want to be safe. Please learn or study up on this.
Either way this is an advanced set up you have and we want you to be safe. Education on all of the items involved is best so that we can help you better. Can you please tell us what mod and what atomizer you purchased?
I just bought my first mod its a eight diagrams ying yang but i nneed the contact pin at the top to allow the battery to fit it shifts around. idk wat to look for to get it or could a get another top peice to fit between the atty and the battery
On one side of the "lids", there's a screw. Screw it in/out to adjust, so the battery just doesn't rattle.
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most mechanical mods have battery adjustment screws. This one has two on the top cap, the first one is for you to adjust so your atomizer sits flush and the second is to adjust for battery rattle.
