Bolt not firing under 2.8 Ohms reliably?

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It's the batteries. You are indeed tripping the protection circuit.

I have a triple-v 5.0v regulated mod that takes a pair of 18350s. It was the same for me. I could fire 3.0 ohm and up with the ultrafires, but I couldn't use SR or dual coils or triple coils etc. I grabbed a couple of sets of the blue IMR 18350s from COV and a set of AW IMR 18350s. I can fire any SR or LR I want to now. -- And, by the way, the blue ones actually outperform and outlast the AWs. They surprised me a lot in how well they do.
 

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So why do they recommend the 1.6 dcc for HV devices up to 5v? From what I understand the AW IMR batteries are rated for over 6 amps of draw and this would even suffice for a 1.25 dcc. I'm just using the 1.6 because that's what came with but was planning on bumping the ohms up with the replacement cartos.
 
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So why do they recommend the 1.6 dcc for HV devices up to 5v?

Those have two 3.2 ohm coils in parallel for a total resistance of 1.6 ohms. A 3.2 ohm coil is just about right at 5.0v - two 3.2 ohm coils is even better.

The AW's are the way to go. - In this one and only circumstance (the 18350), I will mention that there is an IMR 18350 I like better than the AW. The blue IMRs that COV has (which I think are actually BDLs, so they were a real surprise) outperform and outlast the AW IMR 18350 in my testing.
 
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