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[Schnarph]

5. 6/23 - I was looking at EH 18650 IMR 2250mah batteries, their specs are listed at 10amp max which is probably more than I would ever need. From reading the test results on cadlepowerforums, EH and EFest 2250mah batteries both seem to be using the same Panasonic cells. Ray sells EFest batteries at a decent price, that makes two more items in my VVV cart. 2000mah AW's are too expensive if they are close to the same specs as EFest and EH but less mah, IMO. There is a lot of hype surrounding AW batteries on ECF, but the vaping community doesn't seem to test lithium batteries like the flashlight enthusiasts. Apparently there are a large number of people who's hobby is super bright flashlights much like some of us attempt to push vaping to it's extremes. I would imagine there is a little crossover between the fields of interest.

I'm just looking for 18650 IMR batteries that don't have "fire" in the name. From what I've read in the battery section of ECF, the main concern with using lithium batteries is physical damage, overcharge/discharge, and stacking batteries. Common sense tells me that storing energy in a small container is probably dangerous in any form factor.

 

[StevesCVO]

5. 6/23 - I was looking at EH 18650 IMR 2250mah batteries, their specs are listed at 10amp max which is probably more than I would ever need. From reading the test results on cadlepowerforums, EH and EFest 2250mah batteries both seem to be using the same Panasonic cells. Ray sells EFest batteries at a decent price, that makes two more items in my VVV cart. 2000mah AW's are too expensive if they are close to the same specs as EFest and EH but less mah, IMO. There is a lot of hype surrounding AW batteries on ECF, but the vaping community doesn't seem to test lithium batteries like the flashlight enthusiasts. Apparently there are a large number of people who's hobby is super bright flashlights much like some of us attempt to push vaping to it's extremes. I would imagine there is a little crossover between the fields of interest.

I'm just looking for 18650 IMR batteries that don't have "fire" in the name. From what I've read in the battery section of ECF, the main concern with using lithium batteries is physical damage, overcharge/discharge, and stacking batteries. Common sense tells me that storing energy in a small container is probably dangerous in any form factor.

I totally agree. As long as you're not pushing sub ohm coils (which is basically a dead short) you should be fine. There is a reason why VW/VV mod makers won't allow anything under 1.2-1.5 Ohms and shut off at 3.2V.

 

[GaMntGirl]

5. 6/23

Time to get the nite shift up. There goes my quiet

 

[StevesCVO]

5. 6/23

Time to get the nite shift up. There goes my quiet

Works their butts off

 

[GaMntGirl]

I just want them to finish fixing the freezer.

 

[StevesCVO]

I just want them to finish fixing the freezer.

Crack the whip on them

 

[sbdivemaster]

#1 6/23

Hi Everybody!

I've been negligent in visiting. Just been busy with stuff, so I'm not on the computer as much. Hoping to brew brown ale today... we'll see.

 

[tiggerrts]

I have liked the AW batts myself, give off way better output than the generic blue ego batts.

 

[glassmanoak]

5
Man, I FINALLY got in 5 posts in a day without really trying! Amazing!!

 

[Cnew]

6/23/13 #1
(cross post from DV thread this am, but i thought this was cute and had to share)

In ancient Israel, it came to pass that a trader by the name of Abraham Com did take unto himself a young wife by the name of Dorothy.

Dot Com was a comely woman, broad of shoulder and long of leg. Indeed, she was often called Amazon Dot Com.

And she said unto Abraham, her husband, "Why dost thou travel so far from town to town with thy goods when thou canst trade without ever leaving thy tent?"

And Abraham did look at her as though she were several saddle bags short of a camel load, but simply said, "How, dear?"

And Dot replied, "I will place drums in all the towns and drums in between to send messages saying what you have for sale, and they will reply telling you who hath the best price. The sale can be made on the drums and delivery made by Uriah's Pony Stable (UPS)."
Abraham thought long and decided he would let Dot have her way with the drums. And the drums rang out and were an immediate success. Abraham sold all the goods he had at the top price, without ever having to move from his tent.

To prevent neighboring countries from overhearing what the drums were saying, Dot devised a system that only she and the drummers knew. It was known as Must Send Drum Over Sound (MSDOS), and she also developed a language to transmit ideas and pictures - Hebrew To The People (HTTP).

And the young men did take to Dot Com's trading as doth the greedy horsefly take to camel dung. They were called Nomadic Ecclesiastical Rich Dominican Sybarites, or NERDS.

And lo, the land was so feverish with joy at the new riches and the deafening sound of drums that no one noticed that the real riches were going to that enterprising drum dealer, Brother William of Gates, who bought off every drum maker in the land. Indeed he did insist on drums to be made that would work only with Brother Gates' drumheads and drumsticks.

And Dot did say, "Oh, Abraham, what we have started is being taken over by others." And Abraham looked out over the Bay of Ezekiel , or eBay as it came to be known.
He said, "We need a name that reflects what we are."

And Dot replied, "Young Ambitious Hebrew Owner Operators."
"YAHOO," said Abraham.
And because it was Dot's idea, they named it YAHOO Dot Com.

Abraham's cousin, Joshua, being the young Gregarious Energetic Educated Kid (GEEK) that he was, soon started using Dot's drums to locate things around the countryside.
It soon became known as God's Own Official Guide to Locating Everything (GOOGLE).

That is how it all began
And that's the truth.

 

[Factor52]

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Doing yahoo image searches sometimes results in totally unrelated finds... Hence Foie Gras gum and baby elephants dancing on cotton candy!

 

[1w15h1w45m0ngu]

1 - 6/23

Just came back from a family reunion today on a relatives tobacco farm. I was very frightened to bring my PV though none of them smoke personally as far as I know

 

[somejerk]

3

gotta get ready and pack, I have to go stay with my mom for a few days. Zane has to go get an EKG in Salt Lake City.

 

[StevesCVO]

Bump so SJ can get in another post

 

[jj2]

6/23

3

Waiting for the storm to go away!!

 

[Factor52]

chat

1 - 6/23

Just came back from a family reunion today on a relatives tobacco farm. I was very frightened to bring my PV though none of them smoke personally as far as I know

From what I gather they actually still need tobacco for nicotine extraction. One of the places I get nicotine from specifically mentions that their nicotine is derived from American Grown Tobacco and their facility is in the heart of tobacco country.

 

[StevesCVO]

I thought a lot of the nicotine was synthetic. Correct me if I'm wrong.

 

[1w15h1w45m0ngu]

2 - 6/23

That's good to hear, I was hoping I didn't have to betray my family in order to not betray my health haha.

 

[jj2]

6/23

4

Thinking about going to pool to watch the stars and the moon come out.

 

[StevesCVO]

Doing some quick research on the net says most of the ecigs use synthetic nicotine and have since they were invented. I guess extracting it from tobacco is "relatively" new.