Nitecore IMR18650 3100mAh (Yellow) 2018
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Official specifications:
- Capacity: 3100mAh
- Voltage: 3.7V
- Chemistry: IMR
- Recharge: up to 500 cycles
- Max pulse discharge: 35A
- Max continuous discharge: 20A
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This is a high current and high capacity cell from Nitecore in the usual 18650 size.
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The discharge curves tracks nicely, but the cell get rather hot at 20A, I stopped the discharge. The B cell helped with that, the internal protection tripped and I could not do any more tests.
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Conclusion
The cell is good, it can deliver 15A continuous and a lot more for a shorter time.
Notes and links
The batteries was supplied by Nitecore for review.
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