Battery charger question...

[Bejeebus]

Hi all! Haven't been around lately - happily vaping my BP and fancy woody IP -- but I have wondered something about my Pila battery charger. I asked this on the Battery mods = Battery questions thread, but figured you gurus would also be able to answer my question - so here it is:

I have a Pila IBC 4 stage charger that I use for IMR 18650 3.7v 1600mAh - ie: it has long slots for these bats. I find that I mostly use a mod that requires 2 smaller batteries: RCR123A 3.6v 650mAh. My problem is that even with the extender included in the Pila the RCRs are too stubby. Today I realized that I can stack two of them into one slot. Will this work>>or is it a 'no no'?

If a nono, what can I use to decrease the space in the Pila slots? I have a trufire charger but, hey, the Pila is never being used -

Any advice = greatly appreciated!

thank ewe all

 

[Rocketman]

You got an answer in the other thread.

A 3.7 volt charger is just that, a charger for 3.7 volt batteries (4.2 volt maximum).
Stacking two 3.7 volt batteries in a mod gives a hgher voltage that can be regulated down.

Two 3.7 volt batteries stacked in a charger is asking a 3.7 volt charger to put out 7.4 volts (8.4 to fully charge the stack).

The suggestion to measure the battery voltage you got in the other posting was dead on correct. Especially when using two batteries in a mod. (I think that has been covered in a sticky somewhere).
Meters are $10 or less. A fraction of the cost of the Pila charger and a couple of AW cells.


Electronics just fluster folks sometimes, but a little logic will usually keep you out of trouble.

 

[Bejeebus]

Awesome and thanks! I will check out a meter and the other post too

 

[Ruppy]

You need a additional spacer for the pila to charge 16340s. Someone makes one just for that but I forget where I saw it. The spacers that come in it are not long enough