Battery Low Question

[on3fifth]

I am sure this has been answered else where but that's fine.

I have a Vamo and been using it for like a week with no issues.
Today I started vaping on it at around 9 watts with a 18350. Vaped great! Then the battery got down to 3.6 volts and the vape pretty much died.

I thought it was the vivi nova was dead but I put it on my Kicked Silver bullet at the same wattage and vaped amazing.

So what is the lowest a battery is suppose to go? I thought 3.2 but at 3.6 it is unvapable

Yeah it is a noob question but yeah I'm still a noob in ways

 

[artt]

I use mech APV's so I'm clueless on that model. Hopefully someone will be along to help.

 

[myyrkezaan]

What is the resistance? I've noticed that when the battery gets low and you're pulling higher volts it seems to be real muted, if it even fires.

 

[SissySpike]

3.2 is the Magic number Im sure there are other factors I have no idea about but you don't want to drain it more than that. Its a Vamo if you have to charge it a little sooner no biggie buy 2 extra AWs with the money you saved getting a cheapo.

 

[tnt56]

Just figure out how long one last and change it before it dies. That's what I do with all mine.

 

[Thrasher]

9 watts is pretty high for a near dead battery to handle, prolly just saying "dude! your killing me I need a charge me up"

 

[Underwhelmed]

Are you using IMR batteries?

Protected batteries have been known to cause this type of behavior.

 

[on3fifth]

Yeah well this battery is crappy I came to find out. It is unprotected and I am no longer using it. I had no other options when I bought the mod I was eager to try it out as soon as possible and that's what they had in stock. I have replaced it with AW IMR 18350s and seems to be working wonderfully.

Still don't understand why they would sell these batteries if they are crap. They die at 3.9-3.8 volts.

Thanks for the help everyone

 

[J.R. Bob Dobbs]

i have no clue about your PV but basic laws of electricity tell us this:

A battery has a limited storage of energy. lets take a AA battery as an example. 1.5v per battery. however much storage the battery has will determine how long a battery puts out those 1.5v. though in a mathematical sense, not in reality.. because we have all seen battery powered items run slow just before they die. Thus the batteries are putting out less than the max voltage just before they die. Which would explain your weak vapes just before the battery dies.

My suggestion would be turn down the wattage from 9 to something less, or buy more batteries. Because ANY battery putting out 9 watts of power is pretty draining. consider that 9 watts is more power than your average 60 watt LED light bulb requires.

also i see a lot of mention of power on this website and how powerful you can make your PV...please be aware that it only takes slightly less than 1/2 an amp to kill an adult. I don't know what kind of amps these high powered batteries put out but if i got anywhere close to that i would be greatly concerned about putting something that heats up and is filled with liquid in my mouth, which is also wet.

 

[denali_41]

plain and simple the battery can't handle that high of an amp drain for any length of time and falls behind

 

[Rader2146]

i have no clue about your PV but basic laws of electricity tell us this:

A battery has a limited storage of energy. lets take a AA battery as an example. 1.5v per battery. however much storage the battery has will determine how long a battery puts out those 1.5v. though in a mathematical sense, not in reality.. because we have all seen battery powered items run slow just before they die. Thus the batteries are putting out less than the max voltage just before they die. Which would explain your weak vapes just before the battery dies.

My suggestion would be turn down the wattage from 9 to something less, or buy more batteries. Because ANY battery putting out 9 watts of power is pretty draining. consider that 9 watts is more power than your average 60 watt LED light bulb requires.

also i see a lot of mention of power on this website and how powerful you can make your PV...please be aware that it only takes slightly less than 1/2 an amp to kill an adult. I don't know what kind of amps these high powered batteries put out but if i got anywhere close to that i would be greatly concerned about putting something that heats up and is filled with liquid in my mouth, which is also wet.

Sorry JR, 9 watts is less power than 60 watts. Doesn't matter if it is an atomizer, light bulb, or a toaster oven...a watt is a watt. Also, an amp is nothing without volts and resistance. So while it is true that it only takes a fraction of an amp to kill a human, due to the resistance involved, it would take more than 600 volts minimum to be lethal. That is unless you jab 2 electrodes near your heart. Defibrillators can deliver more that 200-1,200v near the heart, And that kind of voltage is used to save a person, not kill them. Fingertip to finger tip would need around 10kV with moist fingers to be lethal. I'm not usually one for stating absolutes, but death by electrocution via a PV is not going to happen.