lol, well the brand of that battery explains why you had an issue. But it does show what could happen if the protection of even a high quality Li-ion went out and was exposed to harsh conditions.
Regardless of whether a battery will fit in a mod or not, electric
regulated mods that use buck-boost circuitry and PWM (pulse width modulation) to achieve variable voltage perform best when a
high drain battery is used. Provape engineers provided the following explanation why:
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/provape/334831-technical-why-high-drain-batteries.html
"And we have to keep in mind that this is ONLY the average current. Because the Provari converter is a pulsing device, the pulsed battery current can be a factor of 2 higher than the average current. REALLY, the battery needs to supply pulsed currents of over
9 amps.
These engineering calculations show why you need a high quality, LOW INTERNAL RESISTANCE, battery to supply what the Provari converter needs.
"But wait,
why do the cheap batteries work at all? They work when the output is not adjusted to supply high power. They get by running at low power but
the full capacity of the battery is NEVER available because of the voltage drop due to the higher internal resistance causes them to shut down early. So if you think you are getting 2500 maH out of a battery with that rating you would be wrong.
Ok, I can go with that, as the safe maximum amperage is being exceeded when pulsed. In that case, high-drain would be the right choice.
Although I still stick to the notion that if the maximum amperage isn't being exceeded, then a high-quality battery with a fully functioning protection circuit can be just as safe, if not more safe, than an unprotected IMR. And it has significantly more capacity.
I the thing is, IMR unprotected is likely marketed as the only type of battery that should be used with ecig mods because that is taking into consideration that the people using these batteries may not be well informed about li-ion batteries. So if they are all using IMR high-drain, then overall are much safer than if they were all using protected batteries, which could garbage brands like Trustfire/Ultrafire, with much lower discharge rates and possibly faulty or non-existent protection circuits.
But for the informed li-ion user who knows their batteries limits, knows their mods amperage, stays within safe discharge rates, uses common sense when using/handling li-ion cells, and has a trusted high-quality battery with fully functioning protection circuits, will be significantly safer than using unprotected cells.
