Converting Fahrenheit to watts
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I don't use TC (I've tried it, wasn't impressed), but since 400 degrees is a suggested starting point for TC, why not start there and gradually work your way up until you find what you like?
We recommend the same thing for newbies using wattage or power mode. Start low, gradually work your way up until you get a burnt taste or the vapor is too hot, then back down.
We recommend the same thing for newbies using wattage or power mode. Start low, gradually work your way up until you get a burnt taste or the vapor is too hot, then back down.
You can't convert temperature to watts. The temperature recommendation on your juice would be for TC mode only.
Not directly, no. Watts is a measure of Power dissipated. Not temperature.
400-550 is a large range! By the time you went over that, it would probably be uncomfortable vaping. Just keep your wattage on the low side to start, and work your way up. Use your taste buds as your guide. And relax
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I wouldn't worry to much about the recommended temp. Set the wattage to get what ever vapor or flavor you think is best. Taste is subjective
Check out Steam-Engine.org and play with the wire wizard to determine heat flux. It's not a 1:1 ratio, but I find a heat flux in the mid 200s is equivalent to about a 420F vape.
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That sounds about right for a single strand coil. Unfortunately, we don't know if the OP is using single wire, claptons, aliens, framed staples, single/multi coil, or pre-built heads with who knows what in them. Without knowing exactly what kind and how many coils are in use, it is impossible to even guess what watts he should use to hit that range. So going by taste is the only answer. Although regardless of what that juice says, I would never recommend going above 450F.
Right? I'd hazard a guess that most juice is "best between 400-550ºF". A statement like that doesn't actually convey a whole lot of information.
If I can trust my Pico's display of temp using SS, no juice actually requires even 400 degrees. The main source of atomization is absorbed water droplets exploding, which boil at 212 degrees. PG can boil, but VG starts breaking down at lower temperature than its boiling point. I set my Pico to 400 deg., and if I have the power setting too high then I have to turn up the temperature because it over-protects. Typically with plenty of juice it doesn't go over 380 without even drawing from it. Anyone even needing a setting of 550, much less actual temps that high, is doing it wrong.
That sounds like a big IF then. My experience with TC on a DNA says 400°F is pretty much the absolute minimum for any reasonable vapor production and mid 400s is better vape.
There probably is a difference of calibration -- with SS wire this can easily happen since it sensing a small change of resistance. One of my points, relevant to the OP, is I'm still adjusting flavor with the power setting, not the temp setting. The power setting is a little higher than I would use in power mode. Also, I had to run the temp way up on this mod before setting the power properly. If the makers of that juice needed a 550 setting, that is still probably not the actual coil temperature and either there is a big difference of calibration or they need to set their power. Or tastes better burnt
Yep. SS has a rather low TCR to begin with, and the TCR of different grades of SS will vary.
But others with Pico mods have also reported running unrealistically low temperatures.
Agreed. Burnt taste starts pretty close to 500°F, and 550°F is well into "Ugh, that's nasty" territory.
I would kind of take that as a marketing gimmick, personally. "Look, we make juices designed for temp control and to make it even better, we'll give you a temperature "range."
LOL, I would ignore that, not try to convert it. Just put it in your tank, and work your way to a good setting "for you." Ideally, that would work out to be absolutely whatever you like, it could be 14 watts and 330F, who knows. That is one recommendation I would probably ignore. If I didn't like the juice at my preferred wattage/temp, I would simply not purchase from that juice company anymore. I have a hunch it may be just fine at lower temps but if it isn't, well, buy elsewhere. I would not, personally, force myself into a certain temperature because a bottle of juice told me so.
Best of luck, just vape it, see what transpires, and go from there. Best of luck,
Anna
LOL, I would ignore that, not try to convert it. Just put it in your tank, and work your way to a good setting "for you." Ideally, that would work out to be absolutely whatever you like, it could be 14 watts and 330F, who knows. That is one recommendation I would probably ignore. If I didn't like the juice at my preferred wattage/temp, I would simply not purchase from that juice company anymore. I have a hunch it may be just fine at lower temps but if it isn't, well, buy elsewhere. I would not, personally, force myself into a certain temperature because a bottle of juice told me so.
Best of luck, just vape it, see what transpires, and go from there. Best of luck,
Anna
I'm with stols, putting a temperature range on juice not only borders on nonsense, it high jumps over it. Given the wide range of tastes and atomizers in general, not to mention wicks, coils, wattage, air flow they have no idea when the juice will taste best for even a small portion of users, let alone a wide audience. Do they mention at what altitude or weather condition their juice is best in? How about mood? Do you need to be melancholy to enjoy it most? Find a new juice vender.
350 ft above sea level to 500 ft below sea level, sunny and clear to tsunami, gleeful to homicidal.....but you're right, melancholy is preferred.
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