Tenergy Li-FePo4
batteries
This is an interesting subject. Here are some of the factors:
- Tenergy Li-FePo4 3 volt cells have a manufacturer's C rating of about 0.75.
- If the manufacturer rates a cell at about 0.5 amps safe discharge, ECF cannot then tell people it is suitable for use at 2.5 amps. You can probably see why.
- Independent tests seem to show, however, that these
batteries are good quality and will perform at 4C with no problem. This would make them ideal for use as a stacked pair for 6v
vaping.
- However, and most importantly, it looks as if these could be the most counterfeited battery out there. In other words you may think you have a pair of Tenergy Li-FePo4 batteries but in fact you have a pair of junk reject re-covered unprotected Li-ion cells: the most dangerous situation possible.
So, what is the answer? If you know for sure you have genuine Tenergy 3v Li-FePo4 batteries, it seems as if they could be very suitable (although we cannot officially say that for obvious reasons when the manufacturer says they cannot take more than a half-amp load). But you need to be very careful indeed because there is a chance the batteries might be fakes. That could leave you in a dangerous situation, if used stacked in a metal tube mod.
