I just installed the new xtar 2100mah 18650 button tops and I was wondering if these allow enough room for the spring to collapse?
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I just installed the new xtar 2100mah 18650 button tops and I was wondering if these allow enough room for the spring to collapse?
Hard to tell from that angle, but it looks like the spring wraps are already compressed to point of touching which is not good.
I'm no battery expert but that 18650 looks very short. Are xtar 18650's made differently than say AW IMR's?
The top two coils are open but the bottom one is touching .I will add a different picture. Thanks Dave
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I see it better now. Sorry about the dumb question before, the battery looked really weird for me at first.
I believe it is the same battery as the Sony VTC's. It looks the same as the VTC4 that I am using at the moment. Top two coils open and the bottom touching.
With my Sony batteries the bottom two touch but I get twice as much space as that shows to the third coil in the spring. If these are button tops they will be longer.
Looks ok to me! I have some of those too. I prefer button tops in my grands and flats in wood.
When a spring collapses, the entire thing will pancake!
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When a spring collapses, the entire thing will pancake!
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Yeah, not a problem. With a short, they go flat. (got a short once playing with a cheap clone atty that I homebrew converted to bottom feeder) Plenty of room to disconnect the top of the battery from the firing pin. You might have an issue being able to tell if your spring is starting to sag, but you'll notice it the next time you change the battery. The spring won't be "springy". Sagging usually happens from running a super low sub-ohm coil, or not having your mother tell you to pull your pants up.
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RTD Vapor already answered this question in their supplier forum:
Can't someone just measure one of their Sony's so we can put the question of their being any difference to rest?
Can't someone just measure one of their Sony's so we can put the question of their being any difference to rest?
The REO in the center has a collapsed spring. The springs will not always show a total compression. When using the AW IMR 1600 mAh battery the spring is not compressed as much. Therefore it will drop the battery away from the contact before a total compression. The AW IMR 1600 mAh measures 65.18.
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