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DSE601 Epipe - Upgrade batteries available!!! in Model Specific Discussion; Originally Posted by Walrus It is... it has one shortcoming though. It appears that the side terminals (used for smaller ...
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    Quote Originally Posted by Walrus View Post
    It is... it has one shortcoming though. It appears that the side terminals (used for smaller batteries) don't come wired. I've found posts on the 'net that show how to do it, but it's too much trouble for me to bother.

    I found these spacers at Lighthound (another battery source in the US, they are in Houston)... at $1.99 each, it only takes one in order for the charger to work with CR123s, 18350s and 10440s in the 'main' charging chambers. One for each chamber, I should say...

    15mm Charging Spacer Aluminum

    It works great 'as is' for both protected and unprotected 18650s.
    Got the UltraFire WF-138charger & four UltraFire 18350 batteries in today (SAT 15AUG2009). It took 11 days from the date I paid for it via Paypal....to ship from mainland China. It was worth the wait. I did have to use a Dremel with one of those round carbide bits to etch a small circular indentation into the top + contact of all 4 batteries...for secure compatibility with the + battery contact in my DSE601 EPIPES....but these batteries appear to have a different charge/discharge rate which is a bit faster on both side sof the fence. They do not last quite as long as expected...BUT they are very strong for awhile and provide some truly great vapor while waiting for the OEM batteries to (slowly) charge. By having 4 of them availabe, it gives me far more redundancy than just having the 4 OEM batteries & 2 OEM EPIPE chargers for my 2 EPIPES (just got another DSE601 kit).
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    Just FYI, the 1200mAh batteries are not an upgrade, they're the same battery with an inflated mAh rating and a slightly different casing. The real usable capacity of the 18350 is 850-900mAh in either configuration, the original rating was an honest OEM rating, the new one is an "ideal conditions" (trickle discharge at 100mA down to cell death) retail rating.

    But at least they're now available as a commodity retail battery instead of an OEM part you can only get through the ePipe manufacturers.

    --Dave

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dave Rickey View Post
    Just FYI, the 1200mAh batteries are not an upgrade, they're the same battery with an inflated mAh rating and a slightly different casing. The real usable capacity of the 18350 is 850-900mAh in either configuration, the original rating was an honest OEM rating, the new one is an "ideal conditions" (trickle discharge at 100mA down to cell death) retail rating.

    But at least they're now available as a commodity retail battery instead of an OEM part you can only get through the ePipe manufacturers.

    --Dave
    Oh good lord.." inflated mAh rating" ..can't anything just be easy?
    Thank You for this information. It is highly appreciated. Taking out my little snippet tool and saved!

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