just FYI i can't see any reason why that guy posted saying misinformation = bad news for batteries... while that IS VERY TRUE... it's only true IF there is misinformation posted.
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everything in this thread is on the up and up and is quite correct. for any VV PV, you basically NEED to use an IMR style battery, because any PV that boosts voltage above the battery voltage is going to HAVE to use some sort of pulse modulated boost circuitry with an inductor/capacitor and high speed mosfet or similar switch. basically, it IS going to draw a ton of high current spikes in rapid succession in order to boost the voltage above the supply (battery) voltage.
this does NOT apply to the mods that put out whatever the battery voltage is equiv. to, but that allow you to stack batteries or you different types of batteries, thus giving you a few variable options.
it DOES apply to the mods that limit your selection options to just a few options, but that only take one battery, as these still boost the supply voltage, they just don't offer the range of options that the provari or others can/do.
i'm sure lots of people are using non IMR batteries in their chinatube/lavatube/knightrider PV, but really, you will get better performance out of IMR batteries on these units
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