My BB is hitting stronger than my other 3.7v devises. I heard it was because of the copper spring. I don't have a volt meter but I can feel the differences. I was wondering can I replace the springs in my other devises with a copper one and still get a little boost. Or do you think it might short them out?
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The thing to remember is that EVERY part of a circuit creates resistance, which will ultimately affect loaded output voltage. Using a copper spring, would serve to lower the internal resistance of the spring, reducing the resistance in the circuit and allowing the loaded voltage to be dropped less.
LOL Sorry. Imagine that the spring is a resistor. Using a copper spring would be the equivalent of using a smaller resistor. = More electricity gets through unrestricted.
Less electrical resistance in the spring = more power delivered to the atty/carto (less being wasted heating the spring). It shouldn't be noticeable unless you have cruddy springs -- try cleaning them with a bit of isopropyl alcohol on a Q tip, as well as cleaning your battery terminals (maybe they've gut a bit of gunk/dirt on them, which acts to add resistance).
The copper shouldn't make a difference -- springs are pretty low resistance. You possibly/probably have gunk on your other mod springs or batteries, just need to clean them.
Correct, cleaning battery terminals or springs with a qtip soaked in alcohol shouldn't hurt anything, just let it dry for a minute afterwards. Likewise if you can find a copper spring of the same size, replacing it shouldn't hurt anything, but shouldn't make a difference (unless those mods have some kind of really terrible springs).
No it won't hurt anything, but it's not liable to make that big of a difference in other mods.
Ok but why does it in the BB. the old reg. spring in the BB hits the same as all my other 3.7v mods then when I changed it out for the new copper one their is a differences and very much so.
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My best guess is that the factory spring in the BB must have a high internal resistance. That is not the case for most mods.
Ms. kcos, the top most conductive metals are silver, copper, gold, aluminum, and molybden. Copper is number 2 on the list, so that probably is the reason why your BB's voltage delivery got better when you changed to a copper spring.
(reference: http://www.tibtech.com/conductivity.php)
(reference: http://www.tibtech.com/conductivity.php)
Thank you so I should see a different as well in my other mods if I change to a copper spring. whoo hoo
No there is and difference between both springs. Dam I need a volt meter
There is a lot of multimeters including voltmeters. 10-20 bucks is OK for home usage.
http://www.dealextreme.com/c/multimeters-409
http://www.dealextreme.com/c/multimeters-409
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Thank you so I should see a different as well in my other mods if I change to a copper spring. whoo hoo
Yes indeed
but do make sure that the new spring is installed properly (good clean contact with the cap). Happy modding - Status
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