Can using my VTC5 in mechs hurt the battery? (I use VW DNA devices mainly)

[Phone Guy]

Stupid question.... I have a couple dna devices that I use pretty much as my daily drivers.... Can using my VTC5's in mechs hurt the cells? I thought I read somewhere since you can drain a battery pretty low in a mech, its not good for the cells... plus when I am using my mechs, I'm running <0.5 sub ohm drippers my dna30's cant read..... so pretty serious amperage pulling too.... is it best to have dedicated batteries for mechs?

 

[dr g]

Whether it "hurts" the battery depends entirely on how you use it.

 

[Ryedan]

Stupid question.... I have a couple DNA devices that I use pretty much as my daily drivers.... Can using my VTC5's in mechs hurt the cells? I thought I read somewhere since you can drain a battery pretty low in a mech, its not good for the cells... plus when I am using my mechs, I'm running <0.5 sub ohm drippers my dna30's cant read..... so pretty serious amperage pulling too.... is it best to have dedicated batteries for mechs?

0.5 ohms is not bad for that battery. Draining the battery too low will really shorten its life and could cause it to have an internal short which is the worst kind of short for a battery. When you start using the mech mod keep your multimeter handy and check the voltage often. You will get to the point where you will know by the vape when the batteries need to be changed, however I am never without a multimeter when I use a mech mod.

I wouldn't worry about dedicating a battery to any device unless a device needed a special battery.

 

[Baditude]

When building sub-ohm coils, the two most important things to know are:

• The continuous discharge rate in amps of the battery. List of batteries and their amp limit.
  
  
• The amp draw of the coil you made. This is determined by the ohm rating of the coil measured by a metering device and using an Ohm's Law calculator.

The amp draw (current) by the coil must never be more than the maximum continuous discharge rate (amps) of the battery. This is explained in detail in my blog:

Explain It To the Dumb Noob: Ohm's Law calculator

 

[brickfollett]

I doubt you'll run it way low, I notice my batteries starting to die off pretty soon, and when I throw it on the charger, my charger usually indicates at least 1/3 of a charge (intellicharger i4)