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A BATTERY MOOCH POST: What makes A123 batteries different?
In preparation for posting the A123 26650 test results I wanted to briefly list how the lithium-ferrous-phosphate chemistry (“LFP”) batteries from A123 Systems, Inc., differ from the batteries we normally use when vaping.
A123 batteries have several advantages:
– Their low internal resistance means they are able to supply more current before overheating and they hold their voltage up better.
– LFP is the safest of the Li-Ion chemistries. It has a higher threshold temperature for thermal runaway and less violent reactions if the battery does go into runaway.
– LFP offers long cycle life, i.e., it is capable of a larger number of charge/discharge cycles than the other Li-Ion chemistries.
A123 batteries have a few disadvantages though:
– The 26650 is only 2400mAh and the 18650 is only 1100mAh.
– They have a nominal voltage of 3.3V versus the 3.6V/3.7V for the li-ion batteries we normally use. At high discharge current levels the voltage can be down close to 2.5V.
I won’t be testing the 18650 as its capacity is so low. For more information about A123 technology, LFP chemistry, A123 battery specifications, and working with A123 batteries:
Overview of A123’s technology:
http://www.batteryspace.com/prod-specs/6610_1.pdf
ANR26650M1-B Brochure/Specs:
http://www.batteryspace.com/prod-specs/6610.pdf
APR18650M1-A Brochure/Specs:
http://www.batteryspace.com/prod-specs/6612.pdf
Cylindrical Battery Pack Design Guide:
http://www.formula-hybrid.org/wp-content/uploads/A123-Pack-Design-Guide-for-Cylindrical-Cells.pdf
https://imgur.com/a/8UefF
BRENT STAFFORD INTERVIEWS DR. MICHAEL SIEGEL – “EXPOSING SHAMS” – PART 2
You can see part 2 of the interview below or on Regulator Watch.
Keep it up Brent! We all appreciate the support and TRUTH!
Please feel free to pass this around!
Are e-cigarettes 95% safer than smoking as Public Health England reports or is the quantification a “made up number” as renowned anti-smoking activist Stanton Glantz believes? Learn the answer to this question and more in the final part of our in-depth conversation with Dr. Michael Siegel, professor at Boston University School of Public Health and tobacco control expert.
Dr. Siegel believes long-time anti-smoking advocates like professor Glantz and organizations like the Centers for Disease Control are marshaling forces to eradicate vaping in an effort to quell ‘cognitive dissonance’. Where beliefs about tobacco control clash with the realities of vaping, leading experienced public health officials to make irrational assumptions and take unreasonable actions in opposition to the life saving potential of e-cigarettes.
Why do anti-smoking activists reject the scientific opinion of colleagues in the public health movement that believe e-cigarettes could be the ‘endgame’ strategy to beat the tobacco epidemic? Find out now—only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com
RegulatorWatch.com – October 14, 2016.
Here is the “Web Extra”:
BRENT STAFFORD INTERVIEWS DR. MICHAEL SIEGEL – “EXPOSING SHAMS”
You can see part 1 of the interview below or on Regulator Watch. Thank you Brent!!
Please feel free to pass this around!
Why are long-time anti-smoking advocates like Stanton Glantz and organizations like the Centers for Disease Control marshaling forces to eradicate vaping? Why do they reject the scientific opinion of colleagues in the public health movement that believe e-cigarettes could be the ‘endgame’ strategy to beat the tobacco epidemic?
Dr. Michael Siegel, professor at Boston University School of Public Health and tobacco control expert has an answer—public health officials are suffering from ‘cognitive dissonance’ leading to an irrational reaction to the life saving potential of e-cigarettes. As a result, he says the public debate has been poisoned by “lies, misinformation and mischaracterizations” promulgated by the public health movement.
Join RegWatch for part 1 of our 2-part in-depth conversation and hear Dr. Siegel address assertions made by Professor Stanton Glantz in our last series and tackle the big issues in the war on vaping—only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com
RegulatorWatch.com – October 12, 2016.
THE TAIFUN GT III
A PBusardo Review – The Taifun GT III
In this video, we talk about Hands For A Billion Lives, the Cecmol Expo, and review the Taifun GT III
The Links:
Hand For A Billion Lives
Hand For A Billion Lives Promo Video – THANK YOU Mandi & Jason!
Cecmol Expo
SmokerStore
The Video:
*NOTE: Any use of these videos in part or in their entirety without Phil Busardo’s expressed written consent is strictly prohibited.
The Photos:
THANK YOU JULIE BOUCHET OF JU’VAPE BOX CREATIONS!!
THANK YOU JULIE BOUCHET OF JU’VAPE BOX CREATIONS!!
I just saw this today! Love it and THANK YOU! Can I have 20 of them please? They’ll make great Christmas gifts! I know Drew will want at least three. 🙂
A BATTERY MOOCH POST: MXJO Yellow 30A 1600mAh 18650 Bench Test Results…just a 21A battery but 2100mAh
Bottom Line: This is an overrated and rewrapped cell which I am rating at 21A. Its capacity is significantly over its rating though, 2100mAh, which makes me wonder if a different cell was originally used. At 30A continuous it reached 94°C, much too hot to be its true rating.
It is identical in appearance and performance to the Sony VTC4, but the cell MXJO uses can change at any time.
The 18650 ratings table has been updated to include this cell.
Test results, discharge graph, photos: https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/threads/mxjo-yellow-30a-1600mah-18650-bench-test-results-just-a-21a-battery-but-2100mah.768535/
All my test results to date: https://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/blog-entry/list-of-battery-tests.7436/
THE HAKA MT80, LAST CONTEST WINNER & NEW CONTEST
A PBusardo Review – The Haka MT80, The Last Contest Winner & A New Contest!
In this video, we take a look at the Haka MT80, find out who won the last contest, and kick off a new one!
The Links:
The Video:
*NOTE: Any use of these videos in part or in their entirety without Phil Busardo’s expressed written consent is strictly prohibited.
The Photos:
HANDS FOR A BILLION LIVES
Unfortunately, I will be out of the country for this important event, but please see the banner below and click on it for additional information:
TOP HAT AUCTION TO BENEFIT A BILLION LIVES!
Steve Dockery of Top Hat Mods has graciously donated a beautiful brand new Top Hat to be auctioned off. All proceeds for the auction will go A Billion Lives to help promote the movie.
The Auction will remain at the top of TasteYourJuice.com Home Page until it ends.
From Steve:
I made this mod for A Billion Lives to help promote awareness for the film which I endorse to the fullest. I have had many talks with Aaron and cannot thank him enough for what he has done for us! This Top Hat is an 18650 series on a Top Hat V2 Titanium frame with an all stabilized wood body, matching fire and selection buttons. It utilizes the Yihi SX350J-V2 board.
Here are some photos of the mod:
BRENT STAFFORD INTERVIEWS STANTON GLANTZ – PART 2
Here’s part 2 of the Stanton Glantz interview with Brent Stafford from Regulator Watch. Thanks for doing this Brent!
When Public Health England, the nation’s primary health authority, put these words into print “e-cigarettes are 95% less harmful to your health than normal cigarettes” it sparked celebration in the vaping world and a cascade of controversy amongst public health officials and anti-smoking activists.
Are e-cigarettes really 95% safer than smoking? Stanton Glantz says no!
He thinks the 95% number was “made-up” by a group of people who have financial conflicts of interest and no evidence to backup their claims.
Tune in for Part 2 of our EXCLUSIVE interview with UCSF professor Stanton Glantz, the world’s most well-known tobacco control activist and the man who beat Big Tobacco in the 1990’s.
Hear what he thinks of the FDA Deeming Regulations, FDA grandfather clause, cancer risk vs. heart disease risk, the Royal College of Physicians in the UK’s “Nicotine without Smoke” report and Public Health England’s 95% less harmful finding. It’s an explosive episode you don’t want to miss—only on RegWatch by RegulatorWatch.com.
GRRRRR!!!!!!!!!!
And here’s a little web extra from Brent:
I’m going to try and get Dr. Farsalinos’ comments on this.
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