After that Andrew I'm not likely to forget your name now. Brilliant score by the way on a limited edition, very nice. I would have to check but I think a CR 123 has the same dimensions as an 18350. The CR 123 primary though is 5v, whereas the rechargeables are 3.7v. One of.mine needs a kick up the arse, not playing in the intellicharger, showing very little on the voltmeter.
Too many battery variants nowdays ... I had a dodgy battery placed it into the Nitecore SC4 charger.. it indicated a duff battery ... took out the battery and plugged in my Xtar VC4 charger which on paper is an inferior charger to the Nitecore .. but the VC4 accepted the battery as a good cell and charged it with no problem .. Funny stuff this electric business.
in that video that Canadian bloke did he seemed to find a way to reboot the software if the stove played up - something about cutting off the power till it resets to factory default or something
@lanevitt Andrew, I'm not sure whether you have come across this guy. http://www.torchythebatteryboy.com/ Loads of good battery info and bike lights. Heads up @Spiritburner @Rickybob not sure what there would be in the circuits likely to get either corrupted or confused that would require a full power down. Admittedly I don't know the individual components used which for the Campstove will be monitoring temperature for the fan control but that's about it.
@lanevitt Candlepowerforums.com is a good resource for all things portable electrical illumination related as well. They are to flashlights and such what CCS is to stoves. The folks in the automotive section don't have much of a sense of humor but everyone else is nice.
Kind of, sort of, related to this stove. The connections ... Those connectors for the battery, fan and TEG to connect to the board. The white connectors with the wire connections inside. You can see them in the video at the end of the wires. What do you call them? I was reinserting of the wire connectors into the white connector that connects the fan and broke one of the wire connectors inside the white connector. Soldering will not help. Before I go to the big city Radio Shack. They do not carry what they used to carry anyway. Anyone know what they are called, so I can order a couple of them when I order a battery replacement. (Battery ICR17335 650 mAh 3.6V Li-ion) The fire no longer charged, the fan will not start, and I measured the battery voltage at 1 V. This is a V1 stove, and may not be worth the trouble. But, I would like to do it anyway. Thanks, Ken in NC
TE.COM, the mfgr, got back to me. The connector. http://www.te.com/usa-en/product-1375820-2.html?q=1375820-2&source=header Drawing. http://www.te.com/commerce/Document...2pdfEnglishENG_CD_1375820_P2.pdf1375820-2 And, I assume the contact, as listed on the drawing. http://www.te.com/usa-en/search.html?q=1375819&source=header I do not know enough to decide which coating to select for the contact. Ken
Next time I need tech support on one of their connectors, I'm asking you to contact them. They sure don't get back to me that fast. Well done.
@snwcmpr I’d be interested to hear how this pans out Ken. Some modification or maintenance in process when the mishap occurred? John
Not really. A few weeks ago I used the V2 to make dinner. At the same time I fired up the V1. The V2 was impressive. The V1 did not seem to want to power up. It had sat for a few months. No longer, I had fired it up at Linville Gorge sometime in the spring, early summer. Eventually it did power up while the fire was hot. Then not, and would not come on. The other day, it did not come on at all, even with a hot fire. So, I took it apart. [I blame you for the taking apart ] I pulled a contact out of the fan connector and when I was putting it back in it broke. A fragile little thing that it is. The battery only measured 1.0 - 1.1 V DC. Now, I wonder where to get a battery. I have a source for the connector.
Looks like PN ICR17335, available on eBay. An 18650 has same chemistry and voltage, should swap in just fine if there's physically room. Guess that's a lesson for Biolite owners - charge every so often even if not using.
Your nearest vape shop will do you an efest 18650. You could always break down an old laptop battery, possibly life left in the cells in one of those and could be free.
Most popular battery size generally in ecig battery boxes, commonly called Mods. This was because early ecigs used modified torch bodies for the power source before large scale manufacturing took over.
I see the 18950 is longer and a much higher capacity. Why are you suggesting that? If the same voltage, the capacity will only make it last longer? The programming, I assume, is written for the 650 (800) mAh battery.
