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SIngle battery vs dual battery mods, is it only battery life?
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Battery life and battery amperage is split between two batteries.
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As a rule of thumb with single battery mods, I divide their max output in half, and see if that covers my usual use. A single batt mod might for example do 65 watts, but at that power setting, the battery life becomes so short as to be impractical. The same mod @ 30 or 35 watts might go most of the day however.
And the watts are governed by the build, right?
Ok, I just re read this thread, and I am unclear about whether we are discussing mechs, or regulated mods. My comments assumed that we were discussing regulated mods. What kind do you have?
@OneBadWolf No, mech mods.
lol srry, disregard my post.
In the parallel you get double the mah. And in a perfect world double your amp limit. (It is not quite double) so you are able to build lower and in turn the mod hitting harder. Series you would have the same mah as one battery but double the voltage. In turn hitting very hard. But you can build as lower.
So, in parallel, the mAh is doubled. In theory you also split the load between both cells. In reality, it's never perfect, depending on variables such as the condition of the contact points, the condition of the cells, so on and so forth. However, the mAh is still, effectively, doubled.
In series, you're doubling the voltage of the battery is doubled, but you still have the same mAh and amp limit. You can't build as low as you normally would either because increased voltage means higher amp draw at higher resistance.
It's a zero sum game in choosing between the two if you're just using plain round wire for your builds. In parallel you have a higher mAh and, more or less, split the load of the circuit between the cells. In series you have higher voltage which means that you can't build as low, but double voltage means more power at a given resistance. The reason it doesn't really matter so long as you can adjust your build accordingly. For a given wattage, how much power the build pulls, and since we're talking about heating elements this relates to how much heat it generates, the two configurations will drain cells at about the same rates.
When making builds like claptons, twisted wires, stapled builds, et. al. it's parallel all the way because those builds generally, have so many wires run in parallel in some way or another, that the net resistance of the circuit is too low the safely or comfortable use on a series box.
In series, you're doubling the voltage of the battery is doubled, but you still have the same mAh and amp limit. You can't build as low as you normally would either because increased voltage means higher amp draw at higher resistance.
It's a zero sum game in choosing between the two if you're just using plain round wire for your builds. In parallel you have a higher mAh and, more or less, split the load of the circuit between the cells. In series you have higher voltage which means that you can't build as low, but double voltage means more power at a given resistance. The reason it doesn't really matter so long as you can adjust your build accordingly. For a given wattage, how much power the build pulls, and since we're talking about heating elements this relates to how much heat it generates, the two configurations will drain cells at about the same rates.
When making builds like claptons, twisted wires, stapled builds, et. al. it's parallel all the way because those builds generally, have so many wires run in parallel in some way or another, that the net resistance of the circuit is too low the safely or comfortable use on a series box.