I just finished putting together my first five volt mod, using two 14500 batts in a 2AA switchless box with the 5 pin regulator from MadVapes. Well, it seems to work OK with an old L2 SLB 510 atty I have, but shuts off with a real joye 510 atty. The resistance on the SLB is about 3 Ohms and the Joye is around 2.5 Ohms, I think. Once it shuts down, it won't fire the SLB atty either, until I pull a battery out. I didn't wire in a kill switch. Not enough room.
So, is this the expected behavior for the 5 pin regulator? Is there any way to make it fire the Joye atty without shutting off?
One more question. One of the reasons I chose the 5 pin regulator instead of the 4 pin one is that the description suggests it can be used on a 3.7 volt mod to take advantage of the control pin and safely use a lower rated switch. I tried this mod with a single 14500 (jumpered the other battery contacts) and it fired up, but only at around 3.2 volts at the atty connector. The battery itself read about 4.1 volts. It vaped OK, but I wasn't expecting the voltage drop. So, is this also expected behavior running this regulator on 3.7 volts, or did I do something wrong?
Thanks!
So, is this the expected behavior for the 5 pin regulator? Is there any way to make it fire the Joye atty without shutting off?
One more question. One of the reasons I chose the 5 pin regulator instead of the 4 pin one is that the description suggests it can be used on a 3.7 volt mod to take advantage of the control pin and safely use a lower rated switch. I tried this mod with a single 14500 (jumpered the other battery contacts) and it fired up, but only at around 3.2 volts at the atty connector. The battery itself read about 4.1 volts. It vaped OK, but I wasn't expecting the voltage drop. So, is this also expected behavior running this regulator on 3.7 volts, or did I do something wrong?
Thanks!