Uma Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 Turning the 3.7 battery into a 5v (instead of using the not-recommended stacked batteries) Sweet eh!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 the booster board reduces the amps to make 5v. might as well just call it a 4.5v mod. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uma Posted October 16, 2010 Author Share Posted October 16, 2010 If 4.8 is the new sweet spot... is 4.5 that far off from it? (I have a SB but only use it as 3.7 with one battery. I used the PT occasionally until my computer broke and am too chicken to plug it into my cheap laptop, and well, this video looks like a happy solution for me.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 i would actaully have to calculate the boards output but it feels a lot more like an ego at max charge than 5v. any 3.7v battery when fully charged is at 4.2v. you need amps + voltage to get the heat on the atty. more amps and voltage "together" provide the heat the coil makes. so you have 3.7v being stretched to 5v. the amps are converted to stretch that. so you have far less of a gain. i don't see why people think that stacking batteries is a bad thing. we do this every day with devices from tv remotes to children's toys. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uma Posted October 16, 2010 Author Share Posted October 16, 2010 most gadgets aren't right in our faces though... so it's nice having extra precaution in that respect. Do you think a cheap little laptop would handle the 5v PT if I were to plug it in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian Posted October 16, 2010 Share Posted October 16, 2010 most gadgets aren't right in our faces though... so it's nice having extra precaution in that respect. Do you think a cheap little laptop would handle the 5v PT if I were to plug it in? I'd go with a 5V wall to usb plug. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uma Posted October 17, 2010 Author Share Posted October 17, 2010 Agreed. and will put it back on my shopping list. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jolly Posted October 17, 2010 Share Posted October 17, 2010 if it drains to much power the pc may tell you that it is drawing to much current. i personally tested my usb and touched the neg and positive of the usb wires.. was like that for about 5mins and that port and all others still work fine. most of the scare i think comes from the "if it breaks it, we take no responsibility" tos agreement. when people see things like that they go bat sh** crazy and think the worst. could something happen, i guess.. could a pig get mutated and grow wings?, i guess.. the likelihood isn't good for either though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Uma Posted October 17, 2010 Author Share Posted October 17, 2010 can't afford to replace things like ecigs and pc's and laptops though... which justifies the paranoia. :P Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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