I have seen so many videos about stacked batteries being a bad thing. Why? As long as they are protected what difference does it make? Please advise.
What's the real deal about stacking batteries?
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There probably is a slightly increased risk of something potentially going wrong just because of the way a stacked battery setup works. Theres a risk that you can overdischarge one of the batteries more than the other and have an issue, but I personally think ECF and the internet made WAY too big a deal out of it. There's a lingering (albeit probably minuscule) danger of something bad happening with ANY rechargeable battery when you're drawing high currents off of it especially the way an ecigarette does. I'm sure someone else can explain the technical aspects of it better than I can though.
This is just my $.02 though, I still run stacked batteries in all my PVs. Buzz is still running the original unprotected batteries in it, and I check them with a voltmeter every so often just to make sure they're still kosher. They're never more than .05v off of each other. I also make sure my batteries stay in pairs (i buy the two batteries at the same time so they're identical) and their positions get rotated every time I put them in.
Most of the time the stacked battery setup will give you superior performance to the single cell, although the single cell will usually run longer.
This is just my $.02 though, I still run stacked batteries in all my PVs. Buzz is still running the original unprotected batteries in it, and I check them with a voltmeter every so often just to make sure they're still kosher. They're never more than .05v off of each other. I also make sure my batteries stay in pairs (i buy the two batteries at the same time so they're identical) and their positions get rotated every time I put them in.
Most of the time the stacked battery setup will give you superior performance to the single cell, although the single cell will usually run longer.
Well fact of the matter is there are many SAFE devices (ecig and not) with stacked batts. the issue is there IS an increased risk if a device w stacked batteries does NOT have some sort of protection device that measures the voltage of both batteries..without which you can push a battery past the stop point...
all my mods designed for Li-Ion batts have such and because of that are just as safe as any factory made device with protection...probably more so because I go a little overboard trying to make them safe...heheheh well more than a little...lol
all my mods designed for Li-Ion batts have such and because of that are just as safe as any factory made device with protection...probably more so because I go a little overboard trying to make them safe...heheheh well more than a little...lol
Peruse these forums going back about 3 years, mods using stacked batteries probably outnumber single cell mods 20 to 1.
How many of these do you think have been sold?
LDO 5 volt, 3.0 amp Regulator with Control Pin
5v 510 Box Mod Kit
5V Regulated Mod - Ken's Boxmods
How many of these do you think have been sold?
LDO 5 volt, 3.0 amp Regulator with Control Pin
5v 510 Box Mod Kit
5V Regulated Mod - Ken's Boxmods
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