Help With 5V Vaping

[Emile]

Hi Guys,

My Big Kazoo came in the mail today and I could use some advice. I popped in two batteries, screwed on my NHaler 510 Atomizer (non-Joye), and pressed the button and the atomizer fired on for about a second or two, and then cut off. I tried pressing the button again and again, but the Atty wouldn't come back on. I tried putting the atomizer on a Joye Ego battery and a Joye 510 battery and still no dice. Did I zap this atomizer?

So after this, I put an Electron 510 Atomizer (also non-Joye) that I debridged and it seems to be working fine and the vapor is quite hot and it really brought out a lot more vapor and better hits, etc. as compared to before. Should I try putting a new NHaler 510 Atomizer or do you guys think it will get zapped again? I really prefer these Atomizers because they produce lots of smooth vapor and clean hits at normal 3.7V, but at $9 a piece, I don't want to just roast all my replacement atties.

Finally, what is the battery life like on the Big Kazoo? I ordered 4x 14500 batteries from the Kalamazoo website so I'd have one primary set and one backup set, and I know 2x900mah batteries is a lot of juice, but I have no clue how long they will last at 5V. Any insight is appreciated.

Thanks,

Emile

Edited April 21, 2011 by Emile

[Brian]

It does sound like you popped the atty. Do you know which Nhaler 510 you have? Looks like they offer several brands. Also, are you sure it's not a LR 510? This does happen sometimes at high voltage. I popped a few when I was vaping 6V, but haven't had any problems at 5V. You also want to make sure you keep the atty quite wet at 5V.

The 14500 batts will probably give you 8-10 hours +/- depending on how much you use it.

Just looked at nhaler - can't tell what type of 510 they have. Not long ago they had a variety of brands.

Edited April 21, 2011 by Brian

[DAYVAPE]

I would guess that it has a particularly lower resistance than the other ones you are using.... resulting in you 'poppin it' like you did.

[Emile]

It's not one of their LR Atties. I carefully separate my LR Atomizers from my regular atomizers, and my LR Atties are from AltSmoke and Vapor Gallaxy. The ones I have from NHaler have a gold band at the bottom, right above the battery connection so I didn't confuse an NHaler 510 Atomizer with my other ones.

I've noticed that NHaler also offers High Voltage Atomizers. Perhaps I am only supposed to use their higher voltage atomizers with 5V mods, and perhaps their regular 510 NHaler Atties are a bit lower resistance than normal. It would explain why I get much better performance than an Electron 510 Atomizer. I will e-mail Drew from NHaler and see what he says. Fortunately, I have 6 Electron 510 Atomizers to rock with the Big Kazoo.

Thanks for the responses so far.

Edited April 21, 2011 by Emile

[DAYVAPE]

Typically HV attys are for use one 6 volts and higher... no need to use one at 5 volts at all, just go with a 'standard resistance' atty and you will be fine.

[Emile]

Thanks, Dayvape, wasn't planning on ordering any new atomizers. Just wanted to get down to the reason why I popped the atomizer. The atomizer I'm using from Electronic Stix is working just fine, and I've got 5 more of those so I'm set with atomizers for a while, especially since I'm alternating devices throughout the day.

[Emile]

Hey guys, what other batteries is it possible to run in this mod? Can I run 18500 batteries or are they too wide? Any recommendations? Thanks.

[mastiffmom]

Stick with the 14500s. They work great in the Kazoo and with 2 sets you should be fine, no downtime