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Dual coil cartomizers = 1/2 bat life?


kerk

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I wouldn't think so, I would think the voltage would be constant in draining the battery and just be split between the two coils but that's just a theory.

Good point, the battery is 'sending' the voltage, the coils aren't pulling it. But if that's the case, I would think being split between two coils means half voltage to each, thus = to full voltage to one, so what's the diff?

We need an electronic geek to chime in on this.

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All things being equal I would think a 1.3 ohm dual coil would drain a batt twice as fast as a 2.6 ohm coil

Don't you mean twice as fast as 'one' 1.3 ohm coil?

I hope this gets resolved soon, it has my next order on hold.

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The number of coils isnt the issue its the overall resistance (ohms) of the coils

Well yes, but I assume 2-1.3's = 1-2.6 in resistance, so it wouldn't drain 'twice' as fast, it would drain equally as fast.

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Its the overall resistance thats the issue. A dual coil with an overall resitance of 1.3ohm is not equal to an single coil at 2.6 ohm. When you order a dual coil they are listed by the overall ohm not the ohm rating of each individual coil.

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ok a dual coil does NOT drain your battery faster. In fact it will save your battery life by about 1/4 of the time. Your creating the same resistance with less strain on the battery. It uses more surface area to heat therefore it fires and heats up quicker and uses less amperage out of the battery. The increased surface area also improves the vapor and throat hit. most people that build RBA's and the like prefer a dual coil because it responds faster but allows them to get the same warm vape that they get from a 2.4 ohm single coil with two 1.2 ohm dual coils. does that make any sense?

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Okay,

Its the overall resistance thats the issue. A dual coil with an overall resitance of 1.3ohm is not equal to an single coil at 2.6 ohm. When you order a dual coil they are listed by the overall ohm not the ohm rating of each individual coil.

Okay, got it. I was thinking that the ohm rating was for 'each' of the 2 coils, not the total. So a dual coil simply puts more wire in contact with the juice, but doesn't require anymore voltage.

I would think the same result could be had from 'one' coil, twice as large.

Now I can order.

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it requires less voltage to produce the same as its single coil counterpart. it has less resistance overall. a 1.2 coil + a 1.2 coil equals about 2.0 ohms overall. I dont understand the math but something about the dual negatives cancel out the need for the current to travel equally through both and activate the positives at the exact same time... lol im still learning it. maybe i need to go into electrical school for all this crap. haha!

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