Battery conversion

[coustanis]

I have three batteries for my classic pen. One is too weak to use any more, the other two are on their way out, I think.

Anyway, I wanted to have an alternative to always ordering batteries so I tried this. So far, no success.

I cut the dead battery in half, halfway up it's length and removed / discarded all of it's insides. I left the threaded contact end intact. Then I soldered a wire to the center contact and another wire to a small hole I drilled in the side. The wires are on the inside so they run up and out of the now hollow battery case. A blob of epoxy on the cut end to close it all off and hold the wires.

Tested it all with an Ohm meter to make sure there were no shorts and contacts were good. Installed the atomizer, hooked up two AA batteries, took a drag and nothing. Tried three AA's - nothing. The AA's are fully charged.

The stock battery outputs 3.2v. The two AA's have 3v and three of them have 4.5v.
Why won't this thing work? Is it a current thing?
If AA batteries don't have enough current to heat the atomizer, how come AA batteries work in the cigar model e-cig.

Any ideas?
Thanks all.

 

[trog100]

it depends on the resistance of the heater coil.. the stock battery dosnt output 3.2 volts ether.. it come of the charger at 4.2 volts then goes down to 3 as the battery runs down.. it then swicthes off..

a coil wound for 4 volts wont work off of 1.5 volts.. if it was it could.. not an alkaline thow..

messing with normal e cig batteries isnt very successful.. they are full of chipperry and not that simple..

nimh batteries have plenty of current to power an e cig.. u will need three at 1.2 volts each to give 3.6..

trog

 

[coustanis]

I have some nimh batts from some of my RC stuff I was going to try when I get home.

it depends on the resistance of the heater coil.. the stock battery dosnt output 3.2 volts ether.. it come of the charger at 4.2 volts then goes down to 3 as the battery runs down.. it then swicthes off..

a coil wound for 4 volts wont work off of 1.5 volts.. if it was it could.. not an alkaline thow..

messing with normal e cig batteries isnt very successful.. they are full of chipperry and not that simple..

nimh batteries have plenty of current to power an e cig.. u will need three at 1.2 volts each to give 3.6..

trog

 

[tribalmasters]

AC power supply!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Vaping on the grid!

 

[trog100]

all u need is 3.6 to 4.0 volts.. about 1 amp of current three metal hydrides or nicads are spot on..

trog