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Samsung 25r and its discharge.

Sugardonut

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I'm letting my gf use my ipv mini 2 with an aspire tank at .3 ohms and a Samsung 25r battery. At 4.3 volts and continuously vaping like every 5 seconds. Is that safe and ok? I know the max amp is at 20. But if she is continuously chain vaping will it stress the battery too much? The mod itself gets pretty warm is I know is normal since the chip gets warm with no ventilation but the battery gets a bit warm.


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Set at 4.3v you aren't exceeding the amp limits even when the battery is down to 3.4v. How hot is that Aspire getting? The heat may be transferring from the Aspire tank. You could try one of those finned heat sinks for 510 connections.
 

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Set at 4.3v you aren't exceeding the amp limits even when the battery is down to 3.4v. How hot is that Aspire getting? The heat may be transferring from the Aspire tank. You could try one of those finned heat sinks for 510 connections.
Good point, it is probably transferring from the tank to the mod. The tank is getting pretty hot. I can still wrap my hand about it. But it's to the point of near uncomfortable. I was thinking about those heat sinks but I heard it messes with the connection and adds or losses watts as you fire it.


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Good point, it is probably transferring from the tank to the mod. The tank is getting pretty hot. I can still wrap my hand about it. But it's to the point of near uncomfortable. I was thinking about those heat sinks but I heard it messes with the connection and adds or losses watts as you fire it.


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Depending on the metal it's made from and the overall quality it could include some loss, be a bit hard to add watts. On a regulated mod that really shouldn't be too much of an issue.
 

conanthewarrior

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My 25R's never actually get hot unless I acidentally over drive them, but my RDA's get very hot and do transfer heat downward sometimes. I like the samsungs. Solid batteries.
 
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robot zombie

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It might wear the battery out quicker. You might get a few months less out of it continually discharging it like that. So yes, it will stress the battery, but no, it's not beyond the safe level for that battery. It's probably better to charge it at a higher overall voltage. Instead of running it down to 3.2v, stop at maybe 3.5 or 3.6 when possible.

The tank is always gonna get hot running a coil like that in it. As long as it's ambient heat going to the battery and not heat coming from the battery itself, I wouldn't be extremely concerned about it. Most, though not all of these batteries can withstand significantly warm operating temperatures when running well within their amp limits. A little temperature gain is a given due to the high current. Just bear in mind that the amount of external heat they can withstand decreases as the amount of current draw increases.

I think the general rule of thumb is to not let them get much hotter than 10 degrees over room temperature, though I believe the Samsung 25r's specify a max discharge temperature of something like 75C, which would be well over 100F. Wouldn't take that as gospel, but it's something to consider. I wouldn't let them get nearly that hot while sub-ohming. However "warm to the touch" seems acceptable.

A battery that's only a little below body temperature will feel pretty warm to the touch (perhaps even a little hot to some,) but it's generally nothing to worry about with these batteries. If a battery ever gets like, seriously-uncomfortably hot to the touch, I would take it out, let it cool to room temp, ensure that the resting voltage is 3v or higher, charge it, check the voltage and let it sit for a day. If the voltage is the same the next day, then you're most likely good to go. I would take care not to make a habit out of that, though.

It's more of a concern if they're warm while charging. They can take a surprising amount of heat when they're dishing out current, but not at all when they're taking it in.

Of course, it's always better to avoid any heat traveling to your batteries. The main risk is that you may not be able to tell what is acceptable heat and what is a sign that your battery is actually failing. Use common sense and you'll both be fine.
 
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OBDave

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Moving to Battery Junkies, though it looks like there are already some good answers here...
 

Slurp812

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So shes in voltage mode set at 4.3 and using a .3 ohm coil? That's ~ 61 watts. When the 25r gets low, it will have to output more current to keep up the ~61 watts. In that case the battery side of the equation will be close to the 20 amp limit. But hey, that is why we use these good quality batteries. I say rock on. They are in fact only around $6.
 

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