Volts vs Watts

Many vapers have questions but it is difficult to find answers because there are so many parameters to vaping and also because the vape community is full of myths and semi-literacy which spreads at all levels as an epidemic.

In each of our new articles we will try in the easiest way possible to solve years of questions that have been plaguing the vapers, who know half-truths and scattered information from which they try to synthesize an acceptable result.

Today’s article is about the difference between volt and watt regulated vaping. What exactly do they mean and what are the differences in the sensation they produce.

Vaping with volt regulation
The provari was the first mod with volt regulation. There was a display on the surface of this cylindrical mod that visibly showed the user’s volt indication.

As the volts rise, the current flowing through the resistor increases, causing the heat developed in the wire to increase, which also has the effect of increasing the amount of evaporation of the liquid in the resistance that is in contact with the resistance (wire).

However, each wire changes its resistance as it is heated. This means that the ohm’s law gives us a different effect each time the resistance increases, therefore the current at any given time is different, therefore the temperature of the wire is different, therefore the amount of evaporation of the liquid is different.

The mathematical formula that describes the phenomenon is, as mentioned above, the ohm’s law and is as follows:

I=V/R

Where I is the current flowing through the resistance, V is the voltage, i.e. the volts and R is the resistance of the wire.

So when we increased the volts in the provari and according to the above equation, the current also increased. But during the heating of the wire, the resistance of the wire was increasing, so that the current was discharged with reduced resistance, therefore we observed a continuously decreasing evaporation of liquid during vape.

This disadvantage disappeared with the entry into the market of mods which used the method of increasing the watts in order to supply current to the resistance.

The mathematical formula which describes the watts, i.e. the power of the system, is as follows:

W=V*I

Where W is the power of the system, i.e. the amount of watts, V is the voltage, i.e. the volts and I is the current flowing through the resistance.

So when we increase the watts and according to the above equation, the current will increase. However, during the heating of the wire, its resistance will also increase, causing the current to be discharged. However, the watt regulation method and according to the above formula, will increase the voltage i.e. volts to keep the power of the system constant, therefore we do not observe a continuously decreasing evaporation of liquid during the duration of the inhale.

As far as temperature control is concerned, we will talk about it in a future article.