Yesterday I went out and bought a bunch of supplies in preparation for my V3 to arrive tomorrow. Among those supplies was a multimeter. As any good geek who gets a new toy would do I started testing all of my vaping supplies that are sitting in my box. I began with testing the resistance on my std and LR attys and cartos I had laying around.
The LR atty was 1.8 ohms, the std was 2.4 ohms, and the cartos were in the 3.0-3.4 ohm range. Everything with those seemed to be in line with all the specs I've read. Great!!!
So I move on to my eGo batteries. I test the first one which is at about 50% charge since it's been in use and I get a reading of 3.4 volts. Not bad since I've read the eGo batts are typically in the ~3.2v range.
I test my next battery fresh off the charger, it's at 4.0v. This surprises me a little so I begin vaping on this batt and use it for about 2 hours to avoid any artificial boost from charging on the next reading. The next reading is 3.95v. OK, this seems pretty strange so I keep on vaping it until the point I usually have to swap (about 6 hours or chain-vaping). Right before I put it on the charger it's at 3.7v.
Hmmm...still not getting the 3.2v I've been reading everywhere, so I grab my fiancee's eGo and test that one...3.65v after a full day of use?!?!?
Needless to say I'm a little confused by my findings, but not disappointed at all, compared to what I've seen in Scottbee's battery voltage thread and other places. All of these batteries were bought in May and were from two different vendors (but of course the same manufacturer, Joye). My question is why am I seeing such a discrepancy between the "common knowledge" regarding the eGo voltage and my finding?
The LR atty was 1.8 ohms, the std was 2.4 ohms, and the cartos were in the 3.0-3.4 ohm range. Everything with those seemed to be in line with all the specs I've read. Great!!!
So I move on to my eGo batteries. I test the first one which is at about 50% charge since it's been in use and I get a reading of 3.4 volts. Not bad since I've read the eGo batts are typically in the ~3.2v range.
I test my next battery fresh off the charger, it's at 4.0v. This surprises me a little so I begin vaping on this batt and use it for about 2 hours to avoid any artificial boost from charging on the next reading. The next reading is 3.95v. OK, this seems pretty strange so I keep on vaping it until the point I usually have to swap (about 6 hours or chain-vaping). Right before I put it on the charger it's at 3.7v.
Hmmm...still not getting the 3.2v I've been reading everywhere, so I grab my fiancee's eGo and test that one...3.65v after a full day of use?!?!?
Needless to say I'm a little confused by my findings, but not disappointed at all, compared to what I've seen in Scottbee's battery voltage thread and other places. All of these batteries were bought in May and were from two different vendors (but of course the same manufacturer, Joye). My question is why am I seeing such a discrepancy between the "common knowledge" regarding the eGo voltage and my finding?
