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By way of example , your average dual battery box mod uses a chipset which only contains a single battery inductor and this means that it can only achieve around 90 per cent efficiency . As a result , a single battery inductor at the recommended setup for a 200 watts rated box mod can only achieve an actual output of 180.9 watts . This limitation is not a factor for the asMODus GX-180-HT chip because of its design features which mean that it can boast an efficiency of around 96 per cent . The specific features which help ensure that the efficiency is so high include : dual battery inductors , ceramic capacitors that can regulate temperature more efficiently , a thicker PCB board , copper foil wiring and advanced switched power supply control technology . With the GX-180-HT performing at 96 % work efficiency we are now looking at a 192.96 watts output on the theoretical 200 watt output in our example . ( It would be impossible to achieve an actual 200 watt output because no device works at 100 per cent efficiency .) Another very welcome benefit of higher efficiency is that battery life is also extended compared with a similar device using an inferior chipset and , as previously mentioned , battery life is increasingly becoming a very important factor for a lot of vapers . The GX-180-HT also features a unique Curve Function which gives a more customised vaping experience by way of a special time control function . Here vapers can set the power and the duration of set power over the working cycle of 10 seconds . With output power backed by the advanced switching power supply technology , this means that the GX-180- HT can reach the power selected from zero in only 11.9ms . The GX-180-HT provides accurate curves every time and that is something that no other chip can do . The advanced vector control algorithms which are used to regulate the temperature means that the temperature control mode is able to perform much better than the results obtained by other chipsets . When dry-firing , once the temperature reaches its set value , a very small amount of power is output for thermal insulation to keep the temperature hovering at the correct value and prevent the cotton from burning . Tests have shown that even with a range of different wattages and temperature settings the GX-180-HT has a high consistency of the temperature algorithms . Once the GX-180-HT registers that the cotton is dry , output is instantly dropped and kept at a low level to ensure that no burning occurs . In normal operation , ie where e-liquid has been added to the cotton in the coil , there is an initial rapid rise in temperature and then a reduction in output power once the desired temperature has been reached . This means that the device can reach the desired temperature as quickly as possible . When the chipset senses that the temperature has fallen below the desired value then the output power will rapidly rise again and then taper off to ensure that the correct temperature is maintained . This is a process which can be repeated many times in a matter of milliseconds over the course of the firing time to ensure that the right temperature is
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