18650 question

This is a dual-battery mod right? If you're vaping at 30 watts on a dual-battery mod, you're only pulling ~6A from each battery. Sounds OK despite somewhat sketchy batteries.

Now to get the full 230 watts from the mod, you'd need 40A batteries, and there there is no 18650 with a 40A CDR. There may be some re-wraps that claim they can do it, but that's BS.

 

Best practice:
remove the topper/atomizer/tank before transporting, any accidental button pushes are rendered harmless.

Cheers
I

 

Mooch tested that cell a year ago and it was a 10 amp Panasonic under the re-wrap, but it could have changed since then.
Efest Purple 20A 3500mAh 18650 Bench Test Results...just another rewrapped 10A battery
If they are 10 amps then you are good up to about 55 watts.

If you want to use higher power levels then that then you need some better batteries. Forget the rewraps and get original Sony, LG or Samsungs or Sanyos from a reputable dealer. I strongly suggest you have a read of Mooch's blog.

Calculating battery current draw for a regulated mod | E-Cigarette Forum

 

Right; you never really know what you're getting inside of a re-wrap like that.

 

Or, if it's easier to pop the batteries out and save on your 510 threading, you can take one out, a two battery mod won't fire with only one battery, to the best of my knowledge, at least non of mine have. You'd have to put it in a battery storage case, though, for safe battery handling. I'm not sure if that's more-- or less-- of an effort than unscrewing the tank while it's in the pocket, but either practice should help avoid this issue. I've you've had it once with a less powerful setup, I'm thinking you probably want to avoid it in the future. With that said, if pocket "room" is an issue, you don't really need to unscrew the tank all the way, just enough to get a short atomizer warning and the mod shouldn't fire, even if it's accidentally turned on.

Best of luck, and I'd be inclined to get some fresh, branded batteries from reputable suppliers. Mooch's chart lists several at the bottom of the chart, in the blue portion.

Anna

 

Depends on whether the batteries are series or parallel. A mod that has them in series won't fire. A mod that has them in parallel will.

 

Hmm... good to know. Thanks, Rossum. I only have series mods, that's really all I need. I guess the screw off the atty head is the best fix, then.

Anna