well I would be using these for a Silver Bullet, so which 3 volt batts and charger would I use with what maH rating??
Lol it gets a little complicated in the explaination because to accurately illustrate I'd need to know what atty or cartomizer you're using...but as far as 3V batteries go and what I'd buy I'd get AW 3V LiFePo4 and the charger that goes with them which can be gotten through
www.lighthound.com or directly from the AW dealer via paypal (that info can be found here:
AW's LiIon Batteries Sales Thread *Part 11* - CPFMarketPlace )
Simply put not all Li-Ion batteries are created equal and neither are the LiFePo4
you should be careful that the Amp draw of the atty+ battery combination does not exceed the max drain rate of the batteries...because it overstresses the batteries...in safe chemistry batteries like LiFePo4 it'll just kill the cycle life of the battery....in Li-Ions it'll trip the protection if you exceed it by too much in protected batteries, or cause catastrophic battery failure in unprotected batteries..
the yellow Tenergy LiFePo4 batteries have a max drain rate of <550mA...
the AW LiFePo4 batteries have a max drain rate of <5000mA...
the max drain rate of a battery is figured by taking the mAh rating and multiplying by their C rating (sometimes the c rating isn't stated (and different makes of batteries have different C ratings) or the manufactur just states the max drain rate)
So the AW are lower mAh but they have a high C rate (10C)... so they're capable of discharging up to 5000mA in 6 minutes (dividing the # of minutes in an hour by the C rate)...
Aditionally you can find the amp draw of what you're using by taking the voltage and dividing by the resistance of the atty...
and use that to figure what the closest C rating is to what you're drawing and use that to figure out roughly exactly how much time the battery is actually gonna last you..
