Should I start dripping

[dw1986]

And your regulated mods will display ohms but they're not always very accurate so I'd go with the advice given here and get a meter to make sure you're building safely.

THIS absolutely. Very sensible advice. It still fucking amazes me how many people rebuild their own and do not own an ohms checker.

To give you an idea, I built my Youde Goblin to 0.25 ohm yesterday, this checks out with my maths and my ohms checker (and I know how much of a variance my Ohms Checker is off by), however my IPV Mini 2 reads it as 0.3ohm (because it can only read to one decimal place), the iStick 50w reads it as 0.4ohm, Hana Modz DNA 30 clone reads it as 0.5ohm!!!

If you decide to go super low ohm on anything you cannot afford to be off by even 0.1ohm or to rely on a regulated mod for your resistance reading, or to pick up shorts, then go and stick your build on a mech mod and have your battery enter thermal runway because what you thought was safe actually isn't.

It's a no brainer for safety, they can be picked up for peanuts, these have always served me well-

https://www.fasttech.com/p/1897900

For £3.80 you can't go wrong.

 

[Koeshi]

I think the site was called evolution vaping. But I'm sure around 15 is the average price for it anyway.

And your regulated mods will display ohms but they're not always very accurate so I'd go with the advice given here and get a meter to make sure you're building safely.

Thanks, I'll try looking for that, it is not much more than a Derringer clone at that price.

I might have to buy a reader then much as I would like to avoid it. Am trying to limit the amount of space I clutter with vape gear and am so far losing the fight.

If you decide to go super low ohm on anything you cannot afford to be off by even 0.1ohm or to rely on a regulated mod for your resistance reading, or to pick up shorts, then go and stick your build on a mech mod and have your battery enter thermal runway because what you thought was safe actually isn't.

Well I wasn't aiming for super low ohm and do not own a mech mod, but I appreciate your advice.

 

[cherrytargaryen]

Well I wasn't aiming for super low ohm and do not own a mech mod, but I appreciate your advice.[/QUOTE]

Please take that advice in any case, your safety comes first.
If you'd told me 3 months ago I'd be sub-ohming on a dripper after building my own coils I'd have laughed at you.
You might want to get into that sort of stuff so having all the equipment you need now won't be a bad thing.

 

[dw1986]

Thanks, I'll try looking for that, it is not much more than a Derringer clone at that price.

I might have to buy a reader then much as I would like to avoid it. Am trying to limit the amount of space I clutter with vape gear and am so far losing the fight.



Well I wasn't aiming for super low ohm and do not own a mech mod, but I appreciate your advice.

You still need one regardless if you are building your own- how would you expect to pick up a short in your build?

 

[Koeshi]

Please take that advice in any case, your safety comes first.
If you'd told me 3 months ago I'd be sub-ohming on a dripper after building my own coils I'd have laughed at you.
You might want to get into that sort of stuff so having all the equipment you need now won't be a bad thing.

Well I don't doubt I will get into that area of things eventually, in part for fun, in part so that I can keep on going should the TPD come into effect.

You still need one regardless if you are building your own- how would you expect to pick up a short in your build?

I was under the impression that regulated mods had safety features to protect the battery should a short occur, was I wrong?

 

[cherrytargaryen]

I don't know why you're fighting this. They're not expensive and they're an essential bit of kit if you want to build.

 

[Koeshi]

I don't know why you're fighting this. They're not expensive and they're an essential bit of kit if you want to build.

I'm not fighting it. I just want to clarify whether or not what I believed was correct or not. I accept that an ohm-reader is required for coil building.

 

[dw1986]

Well I don't doubt I will get into that area of things eventually, in part for fun, in part so that I can keep on going should the TPD come into effect.



I was under the impression that regulated mods had safety features to protect the battery should a short occur, was I wrong?

You aren't wrong, but they are not a total failsafe, especially not against a hard short, at the end of the day for the sake of a £4 ohms reader you don't want to leave your safety in the hands of a cheap Chinese chip, there have been more than enough instances of short circuits occuring in mech mods (I'm looking at you, Cloupor mods).

Hell, I've been in the same room when an IPV2 went thermal in the hands of a friend of mine who stuck a shitty build (not particularly low ohm mind) in his Stillare clone and believe me, that shit him up enough to head straight down his B&M and pick up an ohms checker. The chip in the IPV2 was not his friend that day.

Up to you at the end of the day, it's your safety and you take the risk, there is only so much advice that can be provided.

 

[cherrytargaryen]

I'm not fighting it. I just want to clarify whether or not what I believed was correct or not. I accept that an ohm-reader is required for coil building.

Well ok you're not wrong your regulated mod shouldn't fire if there's a short. BUT you sound like you're using that as a reason to get out of buying an ohms reader.
We can't make you get one of course but please do consider the advice given here your safety always comes first.

 

[Koeshi]

You aren't wrong, but they are not a total failsafe, especially not against a hard short, at the end of the day for the sake of a £4 ohms reader you don't want to leave your safety in the hands of a cheap Chinese chip, there have been more than enough instances of short circuits occuring in mech mods (I'm looking at you, Cloupor mods).

Hell, I've been in the same room when an IPV2 went thermal in the hands of a friend of mine who stuck a shitty build (not particularly low ohm mind) in his Stillare clone and believe me, that shit him up enough to head straight down his B&M and pick up an ohms checker. The chip in the IPV2 was not his friend that day.

Up to you at the end of the day, it's your safety and you take the risk, there is only so much advice that can be provided.

Well ok you're not wrong your regulated mod shouldn't fire if there's a short. BUT you sound like you're using that as a reason to get out of buying an ohms reader.
We can't make you get one of course but please do consider the advice given here your safety always comes first.

Thanks for the advice from both of you. Seems I will be getting an ohms-reader and that trying out my RBA will have to wait till then. Believe me I wasn't trying to dodge safety methods, I just thought that the protection in a regulated mod would have been enough. I have a friend in A&E who I have heard enough from to not want to risk blowing a battery. Part of the reason I won't touch mech mods for now despite how much I like the look of them and people rave about them.