18650 Drain Rates

[PhoenixReborn]

What is the drain rate of the 18650?

[Kal El Rah]

The 18650s come in many mah ratings from 1300 mah to 2600 mah, as for drain rate, it depends on which LED, soundboard you are using.

[PhoenixReborn]

Ah, but some 18650s have maximum drain rates, for example, theres one made by LG that has a 5.2A max drain rate, and theres a generic one that has like a 1.5A max drain rate... If we were to run an Ledengine off of one of these, it could explode.

[Rhyen Skytracker]

It all depends on what your LED and sound card/driver require. Most rechargeable batteries are rated with a mAh rating. That rating will tell you how long to expect what ever is hooked up to them to last.

[Kal El Rah]

Yes they can have a higher drain rate as like you stated , but you have to take in consideration that the run-time and ma over-discharge will shorten the run time considerately.

[Sunrider]

Li ions use controller pcbs to increase longevity & minimize dangerous charge/discharge rates. Safe discharge rate for 1 18650 is about 2 or 3A depending on cell.

[PhoenixReborn]

Thats why i wanna know what the discharge rates on this model are. If they're not 3A+ they wont be able to handle the ledengine leds.

[Hasid Lafre]

They will just not all of them, and it dosent matter cause if you wire them correctly then you can run a 10-15w.

[Sunrider]

What model? What Ledengin?

[PhoenixReborn]

The Ledengine RGBA. They can pull up to 3A of power if ya run them a certain way. If the batteries dont have the right maximum drain rate, they can explode.