KICKing my GGTS... (battery question)

[yadda]

I'm thinking of picking up a Kick for my GGTS. They seem to recommend using only IMR 18xxx batteries... so I guess the pile of protected AW's I own definitively cannot and should not be used with the kick?
I assume these AW's can't be used because of their protection circuit?

 

[keighles]

They say to use only the imr batteries.

 

[ChrisEU]

The Kick sucks upward of 5A out of the battery, depending on wattage setting. IMRs (AW or otherwise) and NMC (Panasonic ..CH and others) can sustain that.
The problem with the "protected" batteries is the actual protection circuit. Some can deliver only 1.5A. The AW protected are rated at 5,2A, and that is really good for a protection circuit.

So you CAN use the AW protected with the Kick, but you will use them at the edge of their specification - or even slightly outside it.

 

[yadda]

They say to use only the imr batteries.

Yup, that part I got. Just trying to understand why... and what the outcome would be if I were to try the Kick on protedcted AW's.

 

[yadda]

The Kick sucks upward of 5A out of the battery, depending on wattage setting. IMRs (AW or otherwise) and NMC (Panasonic ..CH and others) can sustain that.
The problem with the "protected" batteries is the actual protection circuit. Some can deliver only 1.5A. The AW protected are rated at 5,2A, and that is really good for a protection circuit.

So you CAN use the AW protected with the Kick, but you will use it at the edge of their specification - or even slightly outside it.

Clarity!! I guess I'd better suck it up and pull the trigger on IMR's then.

Thanks ChrisEU

 

[keighles]

Yep, what chris said