Is 1.8 ohm OK for a standard 510 battery?

[Benzin]

I recently bought a standard joyetech 510 kit, i was allways curious about them, and i found the kit on sale. I like it, but the little carts hold little liquid, and i dont wanna babysit the atomizers. So i want to put some cartomizers on them.
The thing is, i only have access to 1.8 ohm cartos, and i remember reading that low resistance cartos should not be used in standard 510 batteries.
¿is 1.8 ohm considered "low resistence"?
¿can i use those cartos withoout fearing damage to my batteries?

thanks

 

[iuseaspork]

I'd be scared to use anything under 2ohm. I'd be kinda scared at anything under 2.4ohm.

 

[markfm]

Afraid 1.8 ohms is too low for a standard 510 battery.

 

[Benzin]

aww man
It Really sucks being forced to used what little is available here, instead of what i need.

¿What would happen if i used those 1.8 ohm cartos on my 510 bats?
¿would it shorten the duration (duration as in how long before i have to charge it again), or its life (life as in time before i have to throw the battery in the garbage and buy another one)?

 

[Mac]

Both. Unless you have tons of 510 batts laying around it's not worth it. Low res cartos will fry them.

 

[Benzin]

aww
oh well, ill use my 510 batteries with the 510 atties only. maybe ill do some dripping on them. And only use those cartos on my eGo batteries.

thanks fellas

 

[billo]

I used 1.8 ohms on a 510 for about a week once when my eGo charger went out.

No problem.

As an electrical engineer (but I claim no special expertise in batteries)
I don't see how there could be some magic resistance which causes batteries to
"fry" and above that no problem. I wouldn't worry about it.

Better yet get an eGo, or preferably RIVA, battery and charger. Well worth it.

 

[Vego]

Shouldn't it vape just fine, the only problem being that LR will drain a low mah battery much faster than normal?

 

[Benzin]

I used 1.8 ohms on a 510 for about a week once when my eGo charger went out.

No problem.

As an electrical engineer (but I claim no special expertise in batteries)
I don't see how there could be some magic resistance which causes batteries to
"fry" and above that no problem. I wouldn't worry about it.

Better yet get an eGo, or preferably RIVA, battery and charger. Well worth it.

i allready have 2 eGo-C batteries, but i wanted to use the 510 ones too because i like the slim "cigarette like" form of a 510 bat + cartomizer.

Shouldn't it vape just fine, the only problem being that LR will drain a low mah battery much faster than normal?

I wouldnt have a problem with the battery being drained faster, but im worried that they might get damaged.

 

[YKruss]

As an electrical engineer (but I claim no special expertise in batteries)
I don't see how there could be some magic resistance which causes batteries to
"fry" and above that no problem. I wouldn't worry about it.

It's not a battery that might fry but a mosfet, the brain part of the battery.

 

[markfm]

Actually the battery can fry too, in a bad way. Batteries have a maximum safe current. A 1.8 ohm atty at 3.4v is about 1.9a draw; that is over 10C on a stock 180 mAh 510 battery, not a good thing.

batteryuniversity is a neat reference site for general learning on this topic.

 

[billo]

YKruss--

Yeah, that might be right. The mosfet might be the part to fail. If so, the battery would probably suddenly stop working.

It would probably happen quickly or not at all.

Good comment.

Billo

 

[DC2]

If you want to get all of the various opinions on this topic, this is the thread for you...
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...-lr-atomizers-510-stock-180mah-batteries.html

The thread is about atomizers, but all information in that thread applies equally to cartomizers.