Efest IMR18650 2500mAh (Purple) 2016

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Official specifications: Efest%20IMR18650%202500mAh%20(Purple)%202016-info

A 2500mAh battery with a fairly high current rating.

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Efest%20IMR18650%202500mAh%20(Purple)%202016-Capacity

The discharge curves look very good, they tracks perfectly and capacity is nearly constant.
The battery got warm at the higher current and I had to stop.

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I stopped this discharge a bit early due to temperature.

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For now I am running with a fairly low maximum temperature (This trace here melted one battery holder).
Remember the traces are temperature increase, i.e. the actual battery temperature is 25-30°C higher.

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Only B battery is valid, the holder for A is melted.

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Only B battery is valid, the holder for A is melted.

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Conclusion

The battery has good performance, but gets warm at 30A (Not a big surprise).



Notes and links

The batteries was supplied by Efest for a review.

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