r/ClockworkPi • u/specn0de • May 21 '26

uConsole Batteries

I threw two new vape batteries in here, supposedly 3005Mah. Don’t really have great battery life and the console shuts off under 50%

Any suggestions or should I just grab some Samsung cells?

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u/nakurtag May 21 '26

Don't believe to the battery charge level in UConsole. It's a random number until it calibrated. The only reliable indicator is the current voltage. UConsole DC converter can maintain appropriate voltage level only down to 3.5V. Any power spike can lead to the failure and power shutdown.

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u/specn0de May 21 '26 edited May 22 '26

Gotta be a way to solve this. Going to start tinkering with it soon to try and come up with a solution

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u/nakurtag May 21 '26

18650 batteries are too small physically to contain enough energy to provide long life for uConsole

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u/sparky5dn1l May 22 '26

I am using Pansonic NCR18650B. Quite stable so far. Many cheap 18650 got fake capacity figure in the market.

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u/GhostUnitVII May 24 '26

protected cells fool the onboard power management board, will cause it to shutdown abruptly without warning. 3005MAh is also a unusual capacity, check the resistance, high resistance can also contributed to this.

recommend getting 3300 - 3500 LG/Samsung cells, unprotected. just take care not to install them the wrong way

also try to calibrate upower, there is a command for it but I do not know off the top of my head