I relate BIG TIME! ... Those roles are generally thankless, and like you, have extricated myself from most over recent years, retaining a few coaching . advisory ones as apposed the bull-@#$% lobbying / debating / political ones.
Time for the people that have the most to lose step up to the plate!
I get that! ... I too attend far too many Bull@#$% meetings, buuuuuuut ... this opens up an opportunity for all the Vape Importers / wholesalers / resellers to form a collective / organisation / committee, and nominate someone / a team with credibility to fight the fight ... or ... give into it...
On doing some research on the subject ... #$%& I love having access to clever people at Wits ... My simple answer is that we wouldn't be in @#$% IF the importers bandied together and defined a set of safety standards that was device agnostic, making it THE SABS / SANS vape standard. The...
"The Minister may, on the recommendation of the Board, in respect of any commodity, product or service which may affect public safety, health or the environment, declare a South African National Standard approved by the South African Bureau of Standards in accordance with the Standards Act, 2008...
Agreed ... It is a good thing!
Lithium Ion cells do not have a charge memory like Ni-Cad cells, that means deep-discharge cycles, (below a 40% SOC), are not recommended. In fact, it’s better for Lithium Ion to use partial discharge cycles similar to Lead Acid, (which is a 50% SOC), also...
Wits source chemicals from industrial and pharmaceutical suppliers. Samples for Alimame and Neotame were sourced from Pfizer and BOC Sciences respectfully. There are a number of manufacturers bringing it into SA, however I'm not sure that either is available in the retail market, save to say...
All batteries voltage will dip under load dependant upon the current draw and their respective internal resistance, (which gets higher as they age), and any other resistance(s) between them and the load, (your Atty in this case).
This implies that either the battery connectors, and or the wires...
With respect zandernwn, methinks you missed the point of my post, which was on masking nicotine in disposables, however as you've raised it, and, as I've posted previously on the subject, herewith;
Yes Nic salts are acidic, (hence the name ... Salts in chemistry are acids), and yes, they are...
Just in ...
It seems that the balance of disposables tested had another sweetener present, Neotame, (3S)-3-[(3,3-Dimethylbutyl)amino]-4-{[(2S)-1-methoxy-1-oxo-3-phenylpropan-2-yl]amino}-4-oxobutanoic acid ... and it is 8000 times sweeter than sucrose, no that's not a typo ... Eight Thousand...
You're most welcome :)
Apropos your question ... Knowledge is power ... use it as you see fit ;) ... Apparently :think:, (according to our illustrious semi educated powers that be, aka government), Alitame is safe for human consumption, in which case South African juice manufacturers may wish to...
Having recycled disposables for some months now, we decided to do some analysis of the vape juice remaining in them ... and ... the secret is out.
The majority tested contained l-α-aspartyl-N-(2,2,4,4-tetramethyl-3-thioethanyl)-d-alaninamide, (Alitame).
This is an temperature stable amino...