Should I retire battery after short?

[pokerplaya]

I wrapped a coil for the kayfun clone i just purchased. 28awg 5 wrap around a 1\8 inch drill bit that came out to .7 ohms. Probably a little too big for the kayfun. Anyway, I screwed on the chimney cap and was going to test vape it on my Nemesis clone using a Sony VTC4 battery. I hit the fire button and the battery tube got really hot almost instantly. It was no more than like two seconds and i immediately let go of the switch, took the battery out which was only slightly warm, and bolted for the deck outside. Two minutes later the battery was cold. I looked over the battery for scorch marks and couldn't find any, it looks brand new. I put it on the meter it read 4v...i think it was around 4.1v starting out...it had been off the charger for a few days before all this. So i set it aside for a day and no leaking. At this point what do you all think i should do with this battery? Retire, or put her back in service and keep a close eye on her? -Thanks

 

[^Top-Shelf^]

I say vape on! If it read 4v right after probably didn't do anything to the battery. Warmth was more than likely the heat from your build deck acting like a giant coil heating up.

 

[Credo]

Do you have a way to cycle the battery a time or two without it being 'in your face'?

Be careful...if you decide to put this thing on a charger again take extra precautions.

 

[Ryedan]

IMO it didn't heat up that much and if it's reading 4V it's just fine pokerplaya. I would put it back in a mod and test fire it a few times. Use an atty that you can fire for 10 seconds without running the wick dry. I would use my Trident with its standard setup at 0.5 ohms to push the battery a bit. Check for the battery heating up. I really don't think it will, I doubt you've hurt the battery enough for that to happen. You can also check the voltage once more after the test fires.

I know what my batteries do for voltage drop under load at 0.5-0.6 ohms in my K100, so I would also check that.

Now, this is my opinion and what I would do because of my opinion of the state of that battery. If you're not comfortable with this, don't do it. It's worth around $10 and recycling it is a viable option

 

[itsrayray]

Multimeter or ohm reader!