I know that a regulated mod will really negate some of what I am trying to say, but I am curious if my hypotheses are correct. Or if I've just finally lost it.
I have 3 types of regulated devices: 2 battery parallel, 2 battery series, 1 battery. I am curious if I bought batteries for my mods as if they were mechanical if I would get better, safer performance. Using the max wattage of each device (or at least the max wattage I use on those devices). Using 25r batteries as a baseline for my figures (20A 3.6v).
Parallel 2 batteries, 100w: would have 40 amps available, and use 28 to run 100 w (100w/3.6v)
Should be sufficient headroom in my estimation.
Series 2 batteries, 200w device, 100w actually used: would have 20A available, and use 14A to run 100w (100/3.6v) Basically same as above
I get about 3/4 day use out of each of the above configurations.
The real question is with the next type of device.
Single battery 75w device: would have 20A available, and use 21A (75w/3.6v)
I get a couple hours use out of this configuration tops. maybe a couple vape breaks. Or 1 serious session. This seems disproportionate to the time I am getting out of my device vs my 2 battery devices. As in half the batteries, much less than half the battery life.
My question with this type of device is would I likely benefit in battery life from having a higher amp battery, even with lower mah that comes with higher amps? My mod cannot fire the battery when it reaches 70% charge, I assume because the amperage (or voltage?) just isn't available to hit that wattage at 70%. IDK. Maybe just overthinking. It has happened before.
EDIT: I ran #s on Steam Engine and got the following: 10% headroom with 25r's (2500mah 20A) and 80 est puffs. I used vtc 3's as an example for 1500mah 30A and had 34% headroom but only 51 puffs. So Steam engine basically says "no" to my theory of better battery life with a higher Amp lower mah for this scenario. But safer amp headroom. And, I think, resulting in longer lifespan of the battery but shorter life between charges.
I still don't understand the battery life being less than 1/2 of the 2 battery devices though. Steam engine also showed the 100w device set ups as a 120 puff avg and the 75w device as 80 puff avg. So not my real life results.
I have 3 types of regulated devices: 2 battery parallel, 2 battery series, 1 battery. I am curious if I bought batteries for my mods as if they were mechanical if I would get better, safer performance. Using the max wattage of each device (or at least the max wattage I use on those devices). Using 25r batteries as a baseline for my figures (20A 3.6v).
Parallel 2 batteries, 100w: would have 40 amps available, and use 28 to run 100 w (100w/3.6v)
Should be sufficient headroom in my estimation.
Series 2 batteries, 200w device, 100w actually used: would have 20A available, and use 14A to run 100w (100/3.6v) Basically same as above
I get about 3/4 day use out of each of the above configurations.
The real question is with the next type of device.
Single battery 75w device: would have 20A available, and use 21A (75w/3.6v)
I get a couple hours use out of this configuration tops. maybe a couple vape breaks. Or 1 serious session. This seems disproportionate to the time I am getting out of my device vs my 2 battery devices. As in half the batteries, much less than half the battery life.
My question with this type of device is would I likely benefit in battery life from having a higher amp battery, even with lower mah that comes with higher amps? My mod cannot fire the battery when it reaches 70% charge, I assume because the amperage (or voltage?) just isn't available to hit that wattage at 70%. IDK. Maybe just overthinking. It has happened before.
EDIT: I ran #s on Steam Engine and got the following: 10% headroom with 25r's (2500mah 20A) and 80 est puffs. I used vtc 3's as an example for 1500mah 30A and had 34% headroom but only 51 puffs. So Steam engine basically says "no" to my theory of better battery life with a higher Amp lower mah for this scenario. But safer amp headroom. And, I think, resulting in longer lifespan of the battery but shorter life between charges.
I still don't understand the battery life being less than 1/2 of the 2 battery devices though. Steam engine also showed the 100w device set ups as a 120 puff avg and the 75w device as 80 puff avg. So not my real life results.
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