JonboyUSMC's Lava Tanks
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You can get those batteries at many places Tasiamay, Supet-T, The AW import export guy from here on ecf , Ikenvape, and many more. I fully agree when it comes to the 16340 the IRC is your better bet. I've been running them in my VV Ali'i for a year and a half and compared to the IMR they last longer and have a higher mAh rating as well
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Super T Manufacturing, Innovative manufacturer of electronic cigarette products.
The AW ICR 123 / 16340 750mAH Protected 3.7 volt & the AW IMR 16340 550mAh 3.7v are about 1/3 of the way down
My order only came to about $14 for 2 of them, and thats with shipping
I had the IMRs in my cart till I looked at the performance chart:
They're almost identical at full charge, but the 16340 IMRs drop off even quicker than the ICRs. On almost every other comparison the imrs outperform except in these. So instead I just got a couple more icrs
everlast,do you know how many Amps you are going to be using the Li Ion/"icr"?
16340 IMR is always better/safer than the Li Ion/"icr, in high current applications.
I guess worst case the protection on the Li Ion will kick in if your PV is drawing too much power.
If LiIons have been run with success in the PV you are going to use them in, then disregard this message.
@ Blacklung, the ICRs are the ones the manufacturer recommends and ships with the GLVs. I'm sure they've got a good track record with his mods. As for the amps, I hadn't really thought about it before, but the calculator says it's only 1.23amps on a 3.7v device with a 3.0ohm carto (if I calculated that right...I'm no electronics wiz). The super mini isn't anywhere near a high powered device.
cool... disregard then.
I didn't think it'd be a safety issue(I trust AW Protection Circuit), more of a over taxing the little Li Ion issue.(shorter life span of battery)
I'm no electronics wizard either.... I should have mentioned that.
I found this: (google search, which lead back to CPF)
"The difference is in the discharge current, the RCR123 are fine with load of up to 1.2 ampere, the IMR16340 can take higher loads (up to 4 or 5 ampere)."
and
"They're labeled as different capacities, but in real use they're just about identical. For example, I tested a Dereelight C2H, which pulls about 1.4 amps on turbo mode. Both gave me approximately 25 minutes runtime. With really high loads, the IMR 16340 should have a little more capacity than the RCR. "
your AWs will obviously be good to go, tho.... no problems there.
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the whole reason I brought this up is because:
1) taxing the battery... (which I now realize isn't the case.. due to manuf. recommending them and your calculations)
2) if you take long "drags", with a small sized li ion you may feel the battery "sag" if the PV isn't "regulated".
I didn't think it'd be a safety issue(I trust AW Protection Circuit), more of a over taxing the little Li Ion issue.(shorter life span of battery)
I'm no electronics wizard either.... I should have mentioned that.
I found this: (google search, which lead back to CPF)
"The difference is in the discharge current, the RCR123 are fine with load of up to 1.2 ampere, the IMR16340 can take higher loads (up to 4 or 5 ampere)."
and
"They're labeled as different capacities, but in real use they're just about identical. For example, I tested a Dereelight C2H, which pulls about 1.4 amps on turbo mode. Both gave me approximately 25 minutes runtime. With really high loads, the IMR 16340 should have a little more capacity than the RCR. "
your AWs will obviously be good to go, tho.... no problems there.
EDIT:
the whole reason I brought this up is because:
1) taxing the battery... (which I now realize isn't the case.. due to manuf. recommending them and your calculations)
2) if you take long "drags", with a small sized li ion you may feel the battery "sag" if the PV isn't "regulated".
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IMRs give you the amps you need for LR gear. Using ICRs won't have the amps to drive LR combos and will result in underload voltage dropoff to compensate for the lack of amps. Just Ohms Law. You can use any on-line ohms law calculator. Just plug in two of the four fields and hit calculate and the calculator tells you the other two. so, if you know the Ωs of the atty/carto and the max amps of the batt, enter those two and see the volts and watts. IMR batts have amps to spare for any combo so you can enter the volts and the Ωs and see the watts and amps you are using for that combo (then you can compare - for example - against the low amps of ICRs).
here is a basic on-line ohms law calculator: Ohm's and Joule's Law Calculator
here is a basic on-line ohms law calculator: Ohm's and Joule's Law Calculator
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I'm afraid they would leak. I carry them in an upright position at all times.I guess it never occurred to me that they wouldn't leak.Good to know. LOL I'm old...
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