Mooch - minding your mechs

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[BULLDOG1964]

Nice one @John R some great posts there on mechs to look at.

 

[stevoknevo]

I wonder why Steve Kennedy sent Mooch a stainless switch housing instead of the copper one? Would have been really interesting to see the difference between the two. And I know they've moved over to the CC switch but again it would have been interesting to see the performance of the older switch in relation to the new one - great performance for a SS tube though!
Only time I ever had any sort of heat through the button on my old one was when the switch threads had gotten a wee tiny bit oxidised, barely imperceptible and only a teeny drop off in performance, and a lot of people likely wouldn't even notice it as it's barely above your skin temperature and almost feels like heat transfer from skin to button as opposed to the other way which was what was actually happening - nothing a bit of metal polish/good scrub in soapy water/clean with IPA doesn't sort out rather quickly though. Still the best mech tube I've used though, the button throw is sublime.

Watched the Signature Tips mod testing the other night, superb performance for a sqounker!

 

[Deleted member 54254]

The numbers are interesting for sure but it's the intangibles for me that keep me reaching for certain mods over other ones, the button press and comfort factors are things that draw me back to my favourites.

 

[Deleted member 54254]

I wonder why Steve Kennedy sent Mooch a stainless switch housing instead of the copper one?

To be honest and allowing for differences in machining flaws, looking at the VD over copper ones like the copper Broadside and this one, would you really notice the difference? I forget the numbers, but say the copper Broadside was 0.08 and this one is 0.15, would you be able to sense a 0.07 difference? For sure on the steel RX Machina as it was quite high in comparison but I think his point is well made in that machining and circuit flow design is the bigger factor in performance. I'd suspect most of the VD on the Vindicator is via the two lugs on the contact as shown by the thermal images.

 

[Deleted member 54254]

Material thicknesses also have a part to play in conductivity.

https://www.bluesea.com/resources/108/Electrical_Conductivity_of_Materials

 

[stevoknevo]

To be honest and allowing for differences in machining flaws, looking at the VD over copper ones like the copper Broadside and this one, would you really notice the difference? I forget the numbers, but say the copper Broadside was 0.08 and this one is 0.15, would you be able to sense a 0.07 difference? For sure on the steel RX Machina as it was quite high in comparison but I think his point is well made in that machining and circuit flow design is the bigger factor in performance. I'd suspect most of the VD on the Vindicator is via the two lugs on the contact as shown by the thermal images.

He said just over 4w loss on the Vindicator, so possibly around 2w loss on the best of the copper tubes - you'd never notice that! It was more curiosity on my part with the copper switch housing as that's what most of them came with, the SS housing is a fairly recent addition (and does look better to my eyes!)

 

[Gsmit1]

I left a comment under the video gently asking Mooch to test the Vindicator with the stock switch.