Hello, I'm new to the forum so please excuse me if this is posted in the wrong forum.
Anyways, I'm starting a project and I'm relatively new to circuits although I do have basic soldering skills. I have a personal vaporizer that is rechargeable AA powered. I also have some other vaporizers that are 18650 battery powered. Obviously I love the battery life of the 18650 over the AA.
So I have a dummy AA battery wired up to a switch with a 18650 battery tray in an enclosure, when the switch is flipped the voltage reads around 3.85 which is correct for the battery. How can I go about limiting the 3.7 volts of the 18650 down to the 1.5v required for the vape?
Also does resistance of the battery/device come into play when figuring all this out? What about amperage of the 18650 vs AA?
What are some things to look for in order to control the output voltage of my "power adapter". Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I'm excited to get this project going.
Looking to make this device as simple/cheap as possible in terms of wiring and components, my first thought was potentiometer controlled output, but I dont have enough knowledge to know if this would work. Would rather not blow anything up
Thanks!
EDIT: Let me know if theres any other specs you need about the device being used/batteries. Planning on using AW IMR 18650 with 10amp limit and 4.2v fully charged.
Anyways, I'm starting a project and I'm relatively new to circuits although I do have basic soldering skills. I have a personal vaporizer that is rechargeable AA powered. I also have some other vaporizers that are 18650 battery powered. Obviously I love the battery life of the 18650 over the AA.
So I have a dummy AA battery wired up to a switch with a 18650 battery tray in an enclosure, when the switch is flipped the voltage reads around 3.85 which is correct for the battery. How can I go about limiting the 3.7 volts of the 18650 down to the 1.5v required for the vape?
Also does resistance of the battery/device come into play when figuring all this out? What about amperage of the 18650 vs AA?
What are some things to look for in order to control the output voltage of my "power adapter". Any advice would be greatly appreciated as I'm excited to get this project going.
Looking to make this device as simple/cheap as possible in terms of wiring and components, my first thought was potentiometer controlled output, but I dont have enough knowledge to know if this would work. Would rather not blow anything up
Thanks!
EDIT: Let me know if theres any other specs you need about the device being used/batteries. Planning on using AW IMR 18650 with 10amp limit and 4.2v fully charged.
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