Hi all,
New to ECF, but have been building for awhile now. I have a question about batteries though.
I currently own a Smoktech Magneto, and I use 18650 purple efests. I own 20a, 30a, and 35a. I know, I know, efests are very suspicious batteries, and I've read everything there is to read about them, and everything I read and hear about them completely contradict each other in every way, so I am at a loss.
Yes, I know about VTCs and LGHEs, Nitecores blah blah.
tl;dr, I own purple efests, that's all I plan on owning for the the time being.
Anyways,
I'm currently running a .43ohm dual coil (.86 each), in my plume veil, and my Magneto seems to get warm sometimes while vaping(using 35As).
I switch over to my Trident running a single coil at .87ohms, and it still gets warm, just takes a bit longer though.
I'm curious as to whether its heat transfer, the batteries are warming, or what.
When I notice it warming, I stop, and check my batts. The RDA is pretty hot, but the batteries are body temp. The 510 on the RDA is hot too.
However, I feel the heat come out of the vent holes, and sometimes the firing button, as well as around the telescope, which makes me believe it is the batteries, but I would think that the battery wouldn't have enough time to cool down upon removing them, which is why I also think maybe it is heat transfer.
If it is heat transfer, cool.
If it is the battery warming, then is it safe to say given the battery isn't like, HOT, that it's normal? I know they are chemically safe, so they would just leak everywhere, but in the instances of cellphone batteries/laptop batteries, I own devices where the battery gets HOT quite frequently, which is normal. So can the same be said for unprotected batteries like the purps?
I havent had any explosions or leakage yet, I'm just curious as to why my entire mech would warm up, not the battery(possibly), and if it where normal for this to happen.
I know some people say warm batteries are bad, and others say it's normal. Which is it?
Either way, when my pv does get warm, I stop and allow possible resistance to build, as well as checking my voltages and resistance with my multimeter. I rarely let my voltage go lower than 3.8.
Thanks for any help!
New to ECF, but have been building for awhile now. I have a question about batteries though.
I currently own a Smoktech Magneto, and I use 18650 purple efests. I own 20a, 30a, and 35a. I know, I know, efests are very suspicious batteries, and I've read everything there is to read about them, and everything I read and hear about them completely contradict each other in every way, so I am at a loss.
Yes, I know about VTCs and LGHEs, Nitecores blah blah.
tl;dr, I own purple efests, that's all I plan on owning for the the time being.
Anyways,
I'm currently running a .43ohm dual coil (.86 each), in my plume veil, and my Magneto seems to get warm sometimes while vaping(using 35As).
I switch over to my Trident running a single coil at .87ohms, and it still gets warm, just takes a bit longer though.
I'm curious as to whether its heat transfer, the batteries are warming, or what.
When I notice it warming, I stop, and check my batts. The RDA is pretty hot, but the batteries are body temp. The 510 on the RDA is hot too.
However, I feel the heat come out of the vent holes, and sometimes the firing button, as well as around the telescope, which makes me believe it is the batteries, but I would think that the battery wouldn't have enough time to cool down upon removing them, which is why I also think maybe it is heat transfer.
If it is heat transfer, cool.
If it is the battery warming, then is it safe to say given the battery isn't like, HOT, that it's normal? I know they are chemically safe, so they would just leak everywhere, but in the instances of cellphone batteries/laptop batteries, I own devices where the battery gets HOT quite frequently, which is normal. So can the same be said for unprotected batteries like the purps?
I havent had any explosions or leakage yet, I'm just curious as to why my entire mech would warm up, not the battery(possibly), and if it where normal for this to happen.
I know some people say warm batteries are bad, and others say it's normal. Which is it?
Either way, when my pv does get warm, I stop and allow possible resistance to build, as well as checking my voltages and resistance with my multimeter. I rarely let my voltage go lower than 3.8.
Thanks for any help!
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