High Ohm coils

[DragonGunner]

Ok. Today I was messing around and rebuilt my first nova coil. Thing is I must have screwed up and in the end when I tested the ohm's it showed a whopping 4.6 ohms.

I thought bleh, what the heck, lets try it out and at the moment it seems to be holding up pretty well vaping at 6 volts. The taste seems to be just fine and no burning what so ever.

My question is, is there anything dangerous that I need to know about when vaping a high ohm coil at high voltage? How will this affect battery life as well as opposed to vaping 1.5-1.8 ohm coils. I've googled and havent really found anything conclusive about it and am hoping some of you more experienced rebuilders can help me out here.

As usual thanks a bunch in advance.

DG

[wizard46304]

The higher volts you run the faster your battery is going to run down. I couldn't say if there's any danger involved, I would guess if the battery is capable of the voltage, you should be safe running it there

[Bebop]

6volts at 4ohms is right on the cusp of about 9 watts power. Most lilkely will lead to early coil failure. Decreasing voltage slightly will help but you are definitely cutting your battery life

[DragonGunner]

Thanks for the replies. I dont plan on continuing to vape at 6 volts. It sort of just happened and I wanted to know and see how it performed. Great information. Personally I'm of the mindset for a longer battery life as I'm away from a power source for long periods of time.

Happy Vaping.

[Rixter]

I've found that it's not so much the voltage that you're set at as it is the current you're using, and 6v on a 4.6Ω coil is only 1.3 amps, and a little under 8 watts. You should be fine at those numbers. Just don't forget to lower your voltage when you change out atties so you don't pop a new one.

*EDIT*

By comparison, a 1.5Ω coil powered by 3.4v yields about the same power (just under 8 watts), but now your current is 2¼ amps, which will deplete your battery's charge quicker.

Edited September 22, 2013 by Rixter