Mech Squonk Advice Please.

[Banjostring]

Hi Apes, looking for advice /clarification please.
I've just bought my first mech squonk mod and wanted to check that I have an idea of what I'm doing.
First off, battery safety. Well I have brand new HG2's and they are in great condition obviously, but if I wanted to use others I believe they need to have the wraps intact, insulation in the right places and have no corrosion. Please advise if I'm missing anything.
Now for vaping. I've been using rda's, rba's for a while now and know how to build a coil, check the resistance and get rid of hot spots etc. But.... it's all about power usage, isn't it.
So I've checked and my batteries are rated at 3.7V with a cdr of 20A. If I use a twin coil build at 0.4 ohms this will draw 9.25A which is well within the cdr of 20A, if I go to 0.3ohms it will draw 12.3A. I hope I've got this right so please correct me if not.
How close to the 20A rating is it safe for me to go? And what can I do if I'm not satisfied with the vape? With a regulated mod I'd simply turn up the wattage or temperature along with altering airflow but I'm not sure what I can do with a mech device.
Sorry for the long post, I don't want to lose any fingers or any of my face so wanted to make sure I was on the right track.
Any and all advice will be gratefully received.
Thanks
Banjo.

 

[Screwball]

This is probably floating around loads on here but it's easy to read and makes a load of sense out of battery safety
I'm not used to mechs as ive only had 1 and weren't very impressed but I'm sure someone will be along to help sion

 

[EmbraSewerRat]

Generally be within 10% of the CDR of the cell.
ALWAYS use 4.2V for your calculations!!!

You'll learn with what you build your coils with what you can get from a mech.
I use flattened Nichrome ( Brochrome from Stealthvape) for my mech coils, or the odd 316L set up.

Again, if you are unsure of what to expect from am mech, go watch some videos or read thro some older threads on them.

 

[mattyk2010]

Hi Apes, looking for advice /clarification please.
I've just bought my first mech squonk mod and wanted to check that I have an idea of what I'm doing.
First off, battery safety. Well I have brand new HG2's and they are in great condition obviously, but if I wanted to use others I believe they need to have the wraps intact, insulation in the right places and have no corrosion. Please advise if I'm missing anything.
Now for vaping. I've been using rda's, rba's for a while now and know how to build a coil, check the resistance and get rid of hot spots etc. But.... it's all about power usage, isn't it.
So I've checked and my batteries are rated at 3.7V with a cdr of 20A. If I use a twin coil build at 0.4 ohms this will draw 9.25A which is well within the cdr of 20A, if I go to 0.3ohms it will draw 12.3A. I hope I've got this right so please correct me if not.
How close to the 20A rating is it safe for me to go? And what can I do if I'm not satisfied with the vape? With a regulated mod I'd simply turn up the wattage or temperature along with altering airflow but I'm not sure what I can do with a mech device.
Sorry for the long post, I don't want to lose any fingers or any of my face so wanted to make sure I was on the right track.
Any and all advice will be gratefully received.
Thanks
Banjo.

Your wrong with your calculations your battery will charge to 4.2 volts and this needs using not 3.7

 

[Banjostring]

Your wrong with your calculations your battery will charge to 4.2 volts and this needs using not 3.7

Aha, thanks for that, I'll need to adjust my calcs then.

 

[Banjostring]

Generally be within 10% of the CDR of the cell.
ALWAYS use 4.2V for your calculations!!!

You'll learn with what you build your coils with what you can get from a mech.
I use flattened Nichrome ( Brochrome from Stealthvape) for my mech coils, or the odd 316L set up.

Again, if you are unsure of what to expect from am mech, go watch some videos or read thro some older threads on them.

Thanks, I saw 3.7 on the battery and took it as gospel, I'll just have to adjust my calcs then.

 

[Banjostring]

This is probably floating around loads on here but it's easy to read and makes a load of sense out of battery safety
I'm not used to mechs as ive only had 1 and weren't very impressed but I'm sure someone will be along to help sion

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Thanks for this, very helpful.

 

[Banjostring]

So I'm basically on the right tracks apart from using the wrong battery voltage in my calculations?
Any help on what to do to get a more satisfying vape? I guess I should play around with different resistance coils, within the battery's range of course.

 

[Screwball]

So I'm basically on the right tracks apart from using the wrong battery voltage in my calculations?
Any help on what to do to get a more satisfying vape? I guess I should play around with different resistance coils, within the battery's range of course.

And different coil materials...

 

[Banjostring]

And different coil materials...

Which materials would you suggest would be best for flavour? Couldn't care less about clouds as long as I get a mouthful of flavour.