Hellbore
Enlightened
Anyone know what the max current is on protected 18650 cells before they go into overcurrent cutoff?
Do they actually shut off the current or just throttle it?
Wondering because I have a flashlight where the batteries read about 3.65 volts with no load, but when the flashlight is turned on it's drawing 2 Amps at the tailcap and the light only stays on for maybe 3 seconds then turns off.
This happens on High, it works fine on Medium or Low.
I tried a pair of freshly charged cells, it only draws 1.5 Amps at the tailcap with the fresh ones and the light doesn't turn off on high any more.
Any ideas?
Do they actually shut off the current or just throttle it?
Wondering because I have a flashlight where the batteries read about 3.65 volts with no load, but when the flashlight is turned on it's drawing 2 Amps at the tailcap and the light only stays on for maybe 3 seconds then turns off.
This happens on High, it works fine on Medium or Low.
I tried a pair of freshly charged cells, it only draws 1.5 Amps at the tailcap with the fresh ones and the light doesn't turn off on high any more.
Any ideas?