Mech Mod / E-Cigarette Battery Compartment; unprotected batteries okay?

[Rob4092]

https://www.fasttech.com/products/1432602

Thinking about picking up the above Mech mod / E-Cigarette Battery Compartment. Does this require protected batteries or can I use the 18650's I already use in my SVD and Vamo?

 

[Ryedan]

The generally accepted practice is that the safest batteries for a mechanical mod are IMR high drain cells. AW, Panasonic and Sony from a trusted supplier are all good. What are the ones you already have?

 

[Rob4092]

Unprotected Panasonic and Ultrafire from Fast Tech.

 

[SissySpike]

IMR I personally dont use Ultrafire but I have all of the rest. You van get a fuze. Batteries : Vape Safe Mod Fuse 2

 

[Ryedan]

Unprotected Panasonic and Ultrafire from Fast Tech.

'Unprotected' is correct, but not ICR batteries, they must be IMR lithium ion or some kind of high drain lithium ion technology. Generally when you see the word 'unprotected' in a website battery description it will be a ICR battery. You can generally also tell it's ICR chemistry if the battery has a higher than typical IMR mAh rating. So, if all the IMR batteries rate from 1500 to 2250 mAh and you see one at 3,000, that is most often ICR.

Unprotected ICR batteries should never be used in a PV because they can explode.

 

[Glen Snyder]

'Unprotected' is correct, but not ICR batteries, they must be IMR lithium ion or some kind of high drain lithium ion technology. Generally when you see the word 'unprotected' in a website battery description it will be a ICR battery. You can generally also tell it's ICR chemistry if the battery has a higher than typical IMR mAh rating. So, if all the IMR batteries rate from 1500 to 2250 mAh and you see one at 3,000, that is most often ICR.

Unprotected ICR batteries should never be used in a PV because they can explode.

I'm not quite sure what you think ICR is, so I'll tell you. They are Lithium Ion Cobalt, a safer chemistry than just Lithium Ion.

 

[Rob4092]

Hmmmm.....not sure my question was answered. So I shouldn't use my Panasonic (grey) CGR18650CH "L-ion" batteries?

 

[Ryedan]

I'm not quite sure what you think ICR is, so I'll tell you. They are Lithium Ion Cobalt, a safer chemistry than just Lithium Ion.

Glen, I've never come across a just lithium ion battery. Here is a page from Battery University. Table #3 is a chart of the commonly used cathode materials. Li-cobalt (ICR as you very correctly said above) is the first one and Li-manganese (IMR) the second. There are more than what they list. If there is another type that is commonly not associated with a cathode material please let me know

 

[Ryedan]

Hmmmm.....not sure my question was answered. So I shouldn't use my Panasonic (grey) CGR18650CH "L-ion" batteries?

Those are great Rob. They are high drain, safer chemistry. If you have a link for the Ultrafire we can check on them too.

 

[Baditude]

Unprotected Panasonic and Ultrafire from Fast Tech.

The Panasonics should be fine.

However, the Ultrafire brand batteries are a second tier quality battery; you might consider using a Vape Safe fuse if you plan to use those in a mechanical mod for a layer of safety.

I recently made a blog on batteries that we use for vaping. Protected vs IMR.

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blogs/baditude/4848-9-battery-basics-mods-imr-protected.html