AW 18650 3400mAh (Black) 2016
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Official specifications:
- Nominal capacity: 3400mAh
- Nominal Voltage: 3.7V
- Diameter: 18.52mm
- Length: 68.16mm +/- 0.3mm
- Max. discharge rate: 2C (5.2A)
- Size for reference 168A / 600P
- PCB protection against overcharge, over discharge and short circuit
- Safety vent with thermal cut off protection
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A fairly high capacity cell.
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The discharge curves looks good.
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At 7A the cell gets fairly hot.
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Conclusion
A Panasonic cell with added good protection is can only be very good battery.
Notes and links
The batteries was supplied by aw-akku.de for review.
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