Question about sub ohm vaping

[SecondCitySaint83]

Seriously I can not thank you all enough for your help on something that has totally stumped me haha, I will post pics of the batteries tomorrow as soon as I receive them and see if anyone can confirm they are legit

 

[beckdg]

your fine. your only pulling about 8.5 amps from the battery. if it's not getting warm then you have a good battery. and have nothing to worry about

Assuming 10% efficiency loss and a cutoff voltage of 3.2V...

Before the battery goes dead the output could easily be...

3.2 volts
10.3125 amps
33 watts

Not where I'd want to be with an unknown/untested ICR battery, personally. At least not up to my mouth.

Tapatyped

 

[Layzee Vaper]

@beckdg Whats the issue with using a charging bag with a 500mA USB charger? I can understand a higher power charger or a mains charger being a problem due to heat. But surely that is not going to be an issue in this case? Not looking for a fight just interested what the issue is

 

[beckdg]

But surely that is not going to be an issue in this case?

You would think not due to such little current.

However, these chargers are engineered to work and be reliable with safety features that include their ventilation holes.

Putting a bag over one while charging renders that ventilation useless as you'll just be recycling the same air through the charger over and over.

Lipo sacs are meant to house just the battery during charging. If the battery is in a bay nestled in the charger, that's not possible.

Tapatyped

 

[beckdg]

To add to that...

Open air battery bays and ventilation holes in the charger body MAY be a bit of over compensation.

But it's a safety net, I'd highly prefer to keep functional.

All lipo sacs are not created equal. Some don't breath at all making them even more of an increase in potential risk. Some burst open during an event exposing whatever is nearby to the volatile flames they're supposed to contain making them completely useless.

A false sense of security.

I'd much prefer we rely on the safety nets in place then tirelessly and fruitlessly be forced to lecture the community on what makes for even a useful lipo sac, let alone a good one.

Tapatyped