Two 18350's better vape then a single?

[donesmokin]

2 AW IMR 18650s (new), It only gets a little warm when charging 2 16340s it doesn't get what I would consider hot with 18650s just a bit warmer than with the 16340s.

Oh I Just wanted to add last time I charged with it I had it plugged in a socket with a bunch of other things tonight when I charge some batteries again it's got it's own socket all to itself I wonder if it will make any difference.

OK I'm back. I would say the i4 gets warm. I'm guessing you're OK. And overloading a socket is never a good idea, spread things out a little!

 

[Denrock316]

Well good news I charged 2 18650s tonight and the i2 didn't get nearly as warm. It's only barely a little warm near the end of the charging. I guess you really shouldn't plug a charger into a cheap 3 way outlet splitter. Either directly into it's own socket or a decent power strip.

 

[morebass]

So if i stack 18350's and use a 1.5 ohm coil, can i use vv mode and run 6 volt, for 24 watts? or will I still be limited to 15 watts?

I read the vamo is limited to 5A and the batteries can do 6A discharge each, so it shouldn't be current limited.

 

[donesmokin]

^^^I'm not smart enough to answer that one. I will say that 3 ohms @ 6 volts was too much for me!

 

[morebass]

I'm sure i'll usually be in the 10 watt range with a single 18650, but I wanna blow huuuuuge clouds sometimes haha

 

[Denrock316]

Well I just ordered 2 more 18650s Panasonic Hybrid IMR High Drain 2900mah. Only 10.90 at RTD too. 10amp constant and 18A for 5-6 sec burst. Sound pretty good to me. So now I'll have 6 18650s for 2 Vamos. My batteries are going to be real well rested.

 

[K_Tech]

I have my chargers on slightly raised on a old gutted out cd rom drives sheet metal casing. behind that i have a good old trusty holmes desk hepa filter that blows over and under it.

i use nitecore chargers as well. the casing of it is almost always somewhat cool to the touch. pictures that ive come across of chargers/batteries exploding tended to be in poorly ventilated areas. simply keeping your charging devices and batteries cool can prevent them from going over that domino effect of a thermal ledge (heat = more resistance = more heat...etc). It also keeps them more efficient and improves longevity (kind of a blanket statement for pretty much all electronics).

Sounds like overkill but it all sits behind my head. when im working throughout the day. just flick a switch before i go to bed and i dont have to worry about a thing.

That's actually not a bad idea... I have an old hard drive fan (made to be screwed onto the bottom of a hard drive) that I think is big enough to sit underneath my charger. I may have to do some tinkering...

 

[K_Tech]

So if i stack 18350's and use a 1.5 ohm coil, can i use vv mode and run 6 volt, for 24 watts? or will I still be limited to 15 watts?

I read the vamo is limited to 5A and the batteries can do 6A discharge each, so it shouldn't be current limited.

Ugh, I WISH I could find that video again. If I recall correctly, with a 1.5 ohm coil, stacked batteries did MUCH better than a single battery at higher voltage and power settings, but they still fell just a tiny bit short of the mark. I CANNOT remember what the actual numbers were, but I'd take a wild guess and say that where the single battery only pushed up to 5 volts, dual battery managed like 5.7 volts.

If I get some time later, I'll look again and post the link.

 

[vicflo]

Ugh, I WISH I could find that video again. If I recall correctly, with a 1.5 ohm coil, stacked batteries did MUCH better than a single battery at higher voltage and power settings, but they still fell just a tiny bit short of the mark. I CANNOT remember what the actual numbers were, but I'd take a wild guess and say that where the single battery only pushed up to 5 volts, dual battery managed like 5.7 volts.

If I get some time later, I'll look again and post the link.

I think i saw that video too. think it was a pbusardo video but wasnt about a vamo specifically more like a comparison of several. couldnt find it and/or was too lazy to scroll through them all

 

[morebass]

^^^ Pretty sure I saw that video, be he just mentions that it works better with stacked batteries and doesn't show any charts or give any numbers. Something about only reviewing the batteries they come with...

 

[Denrock316]

This is the video I believe you are talking about charts are at about 19:00

 

[morebass]

^^^thanks dude
definitely sounds like it will put out the wattage

 

[K_Tech]

This is the video I believe you are talking about charts are at about 19:00

Excellent. Thank you!