Where to get AW IMR 18500 shipped international?

[2100]

Hi guys,

I am wondering if any of you are selling AW IMR 18500s. I ordered some 18650s from Manafont, I think it is blocked by their customs in HK.

I received a package (USPS Priority) with 18500 inside yesterday, no issue. I still think they are prohibited. Could somebody point me the way to any forummer here who is selling, or any websites which will do things "correctly"?

I need them for my 445nm Hotlights. The protected 18500s don't work, just flickers and won't do high power even for those high-drain 18650s (I used some test probe to connect).....you can hear the caps in the driver emitting some high-freq sound. Put in a AW IMR 18500 fully charged, woot at least you'll have 15 mins of combined runtime!

 

[steviedezie]

hey you got the batteries I sent you right?? Those are the best 18500's around. you need more or them???

 

[2100]

hey you got the batteries I sent you right?? Those are the best 18500's around. you need more or them???

Bro, yeah i got them alright and they work real well.
I tried with the magnet + my Li-Co 18650s (they are rated high-drain) which can do 3A and manually/mechanically connected via test probes, still no go...the protection circuit kicks in quite aggressively.
I have 2 Ultrafire 18650 which came with my O-Like 400mW 405nm and a cheapo $40 405nm, forget it, could not even make it lase.

You selling bro? I think i'd need 2. Need more of them, as I think full charged it could only do about 20 times of 1 min, before flickering. Still plenty of runtime, just that i'd like to stock up more of them.

 

[2100]

Just thinking aloud, at 1.7A to the 445 diode, how many hrs before failure would that be?

Say a IMR has 400 useful cycles (we don't use the last 100, probably too short), so that's about 15 mins * 400 = 7500 mins, or 125hrs.

 

[BShanahan14rulz]

You pulling 1.7A through the switch? That may be an issue, depending on how much current those switches can handle...

 

[2100]

The switches are ok. I am not sure if its 1.7A or even ~ 4A. Anyway I found that its all good if i charge it up to the brim, 4.2V just shy of the 4.25V threshold, I will have a good 10 mins lase. Drop to 3.8V and it will start to flicker a wee bit (power drop).
We need muscle.