Please help

[Tubbyengineer]

I'm going to wade in here, locking the resistance is optional on the VTC Mini, depending on who you speak to some will say it's better locked others will say it's better unlocked. Generally it's better to lock the resistance only if the atty is a design where the base resistance can fluctuate a lot - such as the Kayfun 4.
It's possible some people are confusing "Locking" the resistance with registering the original cold resistance of the atty. The resistance lock feature is there to ensure that the device will continue to use the base resistance even if the atty has been removed and refitted - see the section below from the Cuboid manual - where resistance lock is decsribed as a "Supplementary Function"...

 

[Mr Numpty]

I'm going to wade in here, locking the resistance is optional on the VTC Mini, depending on who you speak to some will say it's better locked others will say it's better unlocked. Generally it's better to lock the resistance only if the atty is a design where the base resistance can fluctuate a lot - such as the Kayfun 4.
It's possible some people are confusing "Locking" the resistance with registering the original cold resistance of the atty. The resistance lock feature is there to ensure that the device will continue to use the base resistance even if the atty has been removed and refitted - see the section below from the Cuboid manual - where resistance lock is decsribed as a "Supplementary Function"...
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I've read that manual before but I cannot see how it supports there being no need to lock the resistance. Happy to be wrong on it as locking the resistance on a new atty is a pita with the vtc mini.

 

[robotica]

The whole point in locking the resistance is to give the inbuilt system a better chance at more accurately reading the temp.
I personally have not used it without locking so I don't know how necessary it actually is.
I just don't want burnt cotton in my lungs or your lungs so I'd rather use it in the way the manual says to.

 

[Tubbyengineer]

I use it without locking, that way it tracks the minor fluctuations in resistance...

 

[daleson]

Whats the point in temp control if your running at 500 cotton burns at 420 so you need to learn tcr to set the wire your useing .Ie
Ni200: 0.00620

Ti01: 0.00350

SS316L: 0.00092

SS316: 0.000915

SS317L: 0.00088

SS317: 0.000875

SS304: 0.00105

SS304: 0.00105

SS430: 0.00138

SS410: 0.00155

NiFe30: 0.00320

Tungsten: 0.00450

Platinum: 0.00392

Nichrome: 0.00040

Gold: 0.00340

Iron: 0.00500

 

[robotica]

But then your not getting an accurate reading due to the fact you can see the inncrese/decrease in resistance.

 

[Mr Numpty]

I use it without locking, that way it tracks the minor fluctuations in resistance...

Is that with dna200s though? I've heard it said here that they don't need to be locked. Why has everyone been saying for the past year that you have to lock the resistance if we don't have to? Why is there even a lock function if we don't need to use it? What seemed easy has now become rather confusing.

 

[marcgee]

Ok ,all good discussing the lock,unlock features but we still haven't got to the answers I would like,as mentioned in the thread starter can anyone enlighten me please

 

[danb]

Ok ,all good discussing the lock,unlock features but we still haven't got to the answers I would like,as mentioned in the thread starter can anyone enlighten me please

Poor flavour and the need for a high setting like 500F to get good vapour usually points to bad wicking. TC needs really efficient wicking to work well, high VG juice and stock coils are probably a bad combination. You can try opening up the wicks by pricking them a few times with a pin and see if that helps.

 

[marcgee]

Poor flavour and the need for a high setting like 500F to get good vapour usually points to bad wicking. TC needs really efficient wicking to work well, high VG juice and stock coils are probably a bad combination. You can try opening up the wicks by pricking them a few times with a pin and see if that helps.

Thanks danb, I'll give it a try that is the sort of answer I was looking at ,what temperature do you think I should be looking at to get good vapour ?