I was looking at that one also, seems good...
I have been wondering about dealextreme, I'll avoid them like I do all chinese vendors.
I have a few 2000mah protected trustfires, and a few 2000mah aw imrs, all 18650s. I gave the vv mod I built to a friend who loves vv, but I'm fine with unregulated atm, and having the extra half volt or so that the imr puts out under load really seems to make a difference, plus the imrs seem to last a lot longer... (not that I ever actually run them dry,) and I like the "safer chemistry" thing, and it seems to me that safer chemistry, combined with protections, would be, well, even "safer."
I finally understand the current rating thing, at least more than I used to... Java_az helped me out a bit. He said I should look for a protection pcb with a cutoff around 4A to 6A, becuase a 1.5 ohm atty on an unregulated mod will be using just under 3 amps according to him. I love my 1.8ohm bridgless 306s, so I assume they are using slightly less amps than that.
If 4A is really the lowest I should go that annoys me, because this seems really close to being perfect for my needs: Battery holder : Li-Ion 18650 Battery Holder (1S1P) With 2.6" long 20AWG & PCB (1S1P-18650)
And they also have this battery which looks okay, but they don't say if it's an imr, or a regular unprotected li-ion... LG Lithium 18650 Cylindrical Rechargeable Cell: 3.7V 2600mAh (9.62Wh))
This is all coming together, I'm exited!
I have been wondering about dealextreme, I'll avoid them like I do all chinese vendors.
I have a few 2000mah protected trustfires, and a few 2000mah aw imrs, all 18650s. I gave the vv mod I built to a friend who loves vv, but I'm fine with unregulated atm, and having the extra half volt or so that the imr puts out under load really seems to make a difference, plus the imrs seem to last a lot longer... (not that I ever actually run them dry,) and I like the "safer chemistry" thing, and it seems to me that safer chemistry, combined with protections, would be, well, even "safer."
I finally understand the current rating thing, at least more than I used to... Java_az helped me out a bit. He said I should look for a protection pcb with a cutoff around 4A to 6A, becuase a 1.5 ohm atty on an unregulated mod will be using just under 3 amps according to him. I love my 1.8ohm bridgless 306s, so I assume they are using slightly less amps than that.
If 4A is really the lowest I should go that annoys me, because this seems really close to being perfect for my needs: Battery holder : Li-Ion 18650 Battery Holder (1S1P) With 2.6" long 20AWG & PCB (1S1P-18650)
And they also have this battery which looks okay, but they don't say if it's an imr, or a regular unprotected li-ion... LG Lithium 18650 Cylindrical Rechargeable Cell: 3.7V 2600mAh (9.62Wh))
This is all coming together, I'm exited!
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