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Far too much trial and error. But like I said in another post, I was doing everything backwards for like 6 months before I realized it, inhaling slow when it should of been faster and vice versa. I also changed my TC value way to much (the .210 one), and it was a constant up and down battle of trying to get the two numbers (.210/130) to be cohesive together every night. Sorry, I have no idea what the 130 number is called.
I chose those two settings because they were the highest and lowest settings I had left in my profile, and I was just trying to show the range that I was vaping at with still perfect abv. The only thing I think I can say with any certainty is that your draw speed is EVERYTHING. On my istick pico my cold resistance was .200, and 188 was the highest number I could get to before the abv looked less than perfect, and also before it became uncomfortable for my lungs and breathing to hold up. I would recommend you see what your cold resistance is and try to stay somewhere very close to that. Then you'll only have to screw around with the other number, and your draw speed!!!, instead of jockeying back and forth between two numbers and draw speed every night.
I'm not sure if this is sound advice or not, but I would see what your cold resistance is and set it at .05 higher. That to me is still within the realm of staying close to your true TC #, and since you said your just starting to see visible vapor, that would give you a little boost in the heat department without going over by a crazy amount. Then pick a number for the other number - the one I have at 130 and 188 - (god, I wish I knew what that number was called, lol)............and then start with a fairly strongish steady pull throughout the hit. I say strongish because the slower you pull, if the number you picked is too high, your gonna combust, and nobody wants that! From there, it's just a matter of narrowing down that number with what your seeing on the top of your load (dark or light), and your draw speed. I was initially trying other peoples settings, and to be honest, I found it pretty useless. There's just no way to know what there "style" is, and more importantly, it may not match your style whatsoever. You can copy someone's settings all day long because they say "I get perfect abv everytime"........but if they're taking a fast pull and you want a slow pull........well...........that just ain't gonna work, lol.
As far as coil damage, there are faaaaar better people (@KeroZen) to talk about that than me. The only thing I can say that I believe to be accurate is if your coils aren't glowing then your fine. I don't think it matters a whole lot how high your numbers are, just as long as your breathing intake speed is fast enough to compensate for a higher TC value.
I know you said you weren't a noob when it comes to box mods, so I hope you don't think I was trying to dumb anything down for you, I just wrote what came to my head. I HATE the whole "testing" type sessions......there anything but relaxing for me........so if your like me, I totally feel for ya. Good luck and don't hesitate with more questions.
I chose those two settings because they were the highest and lowest settings I had left in my profile, and I was just trying to show the range that I was vaping at with still perfect abv. The only thing I think I can say with any certainty is that your draw speed is EVERYTHING. On my istick pico my cold resistance was .200, and 188 was the highest number I could get to before the abv looked less than perfect, and also before it became uncomfortable for my lungs and breathing to hold up. I would recommend you see what your cold resistance is and try to stay somewhere very close to that. Then you'll only have to screw around with the other number, and your draw speed!!!, instead of jockeying back and forth between two numbers and draw speed every night.
I'm not sure if this is sound advice or not, but I would see what your cold resistance is and set it at .05 higher. That to me is still within the realm of staying close to your true TC #, and since you said your just starting to see visible vapor, that would give you a little boost in the heat department without going over by a crazy amount. Then pick a number for the other number - the one I have at 130 and 188 - (god, I wish I knew what that number was called, lol)............and then start with a fairly strongish steady pull throughout the hit. I say strongish because the slower you pull, if the number you picked is too high, your gonna combust, and nobody wants that! From there, it's just a matter of narrowing down that number with what your seeing on the top of your load (dark or light), and your draw speed. I was initially trying other peoples settings, and to be honest, I found it pretty useless. There's just no way to know what there "style" is, and more importantly, it may not match your style whatsoever. You can copy someone's settings all day long because they say "I get perfect abv everytime"........but if they're taking a fast pull and you want a slow pull........well...........that just ain't gonna work, lol.
As far as coil damage, there are faaaaar better people (@KeroZen) to talk about that than me. The only thing I can say that I believe to be accurate is if your coils aren't glowing then your fine. I don't think it matters a whole lot how high your numbers are, just as long as your breathing intake speed is fast enough to compensate for a higher TC value.
I know you said you weren't a noob when it comes to box mods, so I hope you don't think I was trying to dumb anything down for you, I just wrote what came to my head. I HATE the whole "testing" type sessions......there anything but relaxing for me........so if your like me, I totally feel for ya. Good luck and don't hesitate with more questions.
