New from the UK

[ChirpyJohn]

Hi all, this looks like a good place to be to find any help needed.

I'm relatively new to vaping only started in September '16 and went straight for the eleaf power 80w with built in battery and a kangertech nano sub tank. It's quite quickly turned into a passion of mine and have felt the need to upgrade today to a Smok G320 Marshal and Baby Beast TFV8 sub tank the problem being I've never had a mod that's required external batteries, so not had a chance to use it.

If anyone can offer advice on the best batteries that would be awesome, if you are unfamiliar with the mod it is a multi battery configuration mod: Using 2 batteries maximum 220w, 3 batteries it's 320w.

No where on the net or in the manuals does it say what the recommended spec for the batteries are and the more I look into it the more indecisive I become. There seems to be an amazing thread by a user Mooch but I can't ask the question on there yet.

 

[Kprthevapr]

Welcome to ECF

Not sure where to get batteries in the UK, but if you can find some LG HE2s, they will work in your mod.

 

[nocigsnomore]

Hi!
Sony VC5A is a good choice too.

Dual 18650 series/parallel battery marriage question

 

[CoreyDog]

Hey,

What sort of wattage will you be using the device at?

Are you wanting long battery life or high power?

I go for lower wattage (I have a 220W mod but only use it around 40W) and long battery life so went for the 3000mha Samsung 30Qs.

 

[djsvapour]

Last batteries I bought were;

30Qs from the Ecolux shop and re-wrapped 30A Torchy batteries from Torchy.

(I don't need full power, by the way)

I wouldn't buy from anyone else right now.

 

[ChirpyJohn]

Welcome to ECF

Not sure where to get batteries in the UK, but if you can find some LG HE2s, they will work in your mod.

LG was one of the makes I was looking at actually, VTC6, 30Q & HG2.

I'll check out HE2s Thank you

 

[ChirpyJohn]

Hi!
Sony VC5A is a good choice too.

Dual 18650 series/parallel battery marriage question

Thank you, I'll add these to the list I was considering the VTC6's

 

[CoreyDog]

Fogstar are UK based and good for batteries. Good price and genuine.

 

[ChirpyJohn]

Hey,

What sort of wattage will you be using the device at?

Are you wanting long battery life or high power?

I go for lower wattage (I have a 220W mod but only use it around 40W) and long battery life so went for the 3000mha Samsung 30Qs.

According to the sub tank coils I need to be operating between 80-150W anything less no vape or taste anything more either depending on the coil takes it out of range.

The four coils available for the tank have specified W: 50-140W, 90-150W, 110-150W & 120-180W.

I was thinking 90-110W might be the sweet spot but won't know until I get some power and give it a go

Battery charge is very important

 

[CoreyDog]

Ahhhhh Smok Baby, ignore the recommendations on the side. I have 2 Baby's and a Big Baby, I only go to about half the recommended when using the Smok Coils. They are rated wayyy to high.

With a two 20amp batteries you are safe up to 110W (That's roughly drawing 19amp per battery) but your battery life wont be great.

I'd start around 35W then work your way up until you are happy.

 

[Cheallaigh]

 

[ChirpyJohn]

Ahhhhh Smok Baby, ignore the recommendations on the side. I have 2 Baby's and a Big Baby, I only go to about half the recommended when using the Smok Coils. They are rate

With a two 20amp batteries you are safe up to 110W (That's roughly drawing 19amp per battery) but your battery life wont be great.

I'd start around 35W then work your way up until you are happy.

Ahhhhh Smok Baby, ignore the recommendations on the side. I have 2 Baby's and a Big Baby, I only go to about half the recommended when using the Smok Coils. They are rated wayyy to high.

With a two 20amp batteries you are safe up to 110W (That's roughly drawing 19amp per battery) but your battery life wont be great.

I'd start around 35W then work your way up until you are happy.

That's awesome thank you

 

[Cheallaigh]

fyi... my hubby has his baby beast at 25w... my baby beast is at 35w and my big baby at 45w, all with the q2 dual coil.

 

[ChirpyJohn]

fyi... my hubby has his baby beast at 25w... my baby beast is at 35w and my big baby at 45w, all with the q2 dual coil.

Thank you so much, this is all very reassuring info. I was getting worried I'd be getting 2 pulls before having to recharge or sucking on air lol

 

[opticruby]

Hello @ChirpyJohn. Welcome to ECF!, glad to have you here with us.

A very important thing to understand with external cells and regulated mods is your wattage determins the amp draw from your batteries, atomiser resistance is ignored on a regulated mod.

This stops us venting our batterys (not a good thing to happen).

We calculate amp draw from 18650s with this quick method:

Watts(+10% for mod ineffency)÷mod cutoff voltage= Amps drawn

So if we wanted to calculate a 20amp cell in your device:

66(60+10%)÷3.2(most mods cut off at this voltage)=20amps

So on TWO 20amp 18650 cells you can safely goto 120watts (60wattsx2cells)
On THREE cells 180watts (60wattsx3cells)

You mentioned 110watt in a previous post so I would choose LG HG2's for battery run time and on three batterys you can safely go up to 180watts giving you plenty of room to go up wattage wise and not have to worry about battery venting.

 

[BrotherBob]

Hi all, this looks like a good place to be to find any help needed.
I'm relatively new to vaping only started in September '16 and went straight for the eleaf power 80w with built in battery and a kangertech nano sub tank. It's quite quickly turned into a passion of mine and have felt the need to upgrade today to a Smok G320 Marshal and Baby Beast TFV8 sub tank the problem being I've never had a mod that's required external batteries, so not had a chance to use it.
If anyone can offer advice on the best batteries that would be awesome, if you are unfamiliar with the mod it is a multi battery configuration mod: Using 2 batteries maximum 220w, 3 batteries it's 320w.
No where on the net or in the manuals does it say what the recommended spec for the batteries are and the more I look into it the more indecisive I become. There seems to be an amazing thread by a user Mooch but I can't ask the question on there yet.

Welcome and glad you joined. Hope the following helps.
Might like to read:
18650 Battery Buying Guide for Vapor Users – Wake and Vape Blog
(9) Battery Basics for Mods; the Ultimate Battery Guide | E-Cigarette Forum
https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blo Biscottig-entry/12-deeper-understanding-of-mod-batteries-part-i.5163/
Battery Safety: Will You Marry Me? - Mt Baker Vapor

 

[Cheallaigh]

i would strongly suggest getting the RBAs... uses a little less juice and just as much cloud depending on your build... plus the coils are a expensive.

 

[ChirpyJohn]

i would strongly suggest getting the RBAs... uses a little less juice and just as much cloud depending on your build... plus the coils are a expensive.

Thanks for the heads up it's appreciated