22. September 2021
For about a year we have been experiencing a shortage of Li-Ion battery cells around the world. Large manufacturers such as Samsung SDI, LG Chem, Murata (Sony) and Panasonic (Sanyo) are unable to meet demand with their production capacities, and at the same time the lack of raw materials is […]
6. March 2019
The VfJ Werkstätten GmbH is a non-profit organization which operates workshops for people with disabilities and a social enterprise with economic orientation. For more than 5 years we have been working together with the VfJ workshop in Berlin Adlershof. The workshop takes over certain value assembly, labeling and packaging processes […]
4. March 2019
Panasonic (Sanyo) has gained until now not much attention in the world of vapers. Although Panasonic has developed in the 18650 format with the UR18650NSX a good and powerful alternative to the well-known INR18650-25R (Samsung SDI) and Sony US18650VTC5, but this battery cell remains for most vapers “under the radar”. […]
14. February 2019
The Li-ion rechargeable batteries, which the vapers use in battery-mods with replaceable battery cells, come on the market per se as industrial batteries. This means that these battery cells used by end users are under-labeled. For many years vapers around the world have been using these battery cells, and “benefited” […]
21. November 2018
Unfortunately, some accidents and incidents have occurred in recent years that are directly related to electric cigarettes. In the following 2 contributions from Germany and Switzerland, for example, such cases are reported: RTL: E-cigarette explodes in the pocket (in German) SRF: Explosion in the pocket – so dangerous are batteries […]
27. September 2018
At EnerCig, we have set ourselves from the beginning to bring our battery cells in line with the specifications of the manufacturers on the market. When assessing the technical information, we therefore based our information on the information published by the various manufacturers. As we all know, Li-ion battery cells […]
18. September 2017
In the last few months you’ve probably heard or read a lot of rumors regarding a new format of cylindrical li-ion battery cells. The 21700 cells are already knocking on the door and at EnerCig we are limbering ourselves up for the coming future. With a diameter of approx. 21mm […]
30. June 2017
Unfortunately, it seems that li-ion battery cells are being forged in a grand scale again. It also seems, that the forgers (chiefly from East Asia) have learned a few new tricks: low performance batteries from known and notable manufacturers are bought for a low price, and then “dressed up”, so […]
20. March 2017
18650 li-ion-battery-cells are industrial products or components. One uses these cells just like Lego pieces, to build or assemble other products. It is no wonder that manufacturers like Sony or LG Chem are quite critical – to say the least – regarding the use of these components by consumers, and are trying […]
21. February 2017
There two different types of battery mods on the market: Unregulated or mechanical battery mods This type has no protection circuits and no voltage and/or current regulation. These devices are quite complicated and require knowledge and experience with li-ion battery cells. Regulated battery mods These mods are equipped with protection and […]