Sometimes at night I will have like 10-11 batteries charging at once. Is this bad?vany risks
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If you do that you should have them in a metal box or battery bag. They should not be charged unattended. I unplug everything at night, not worth the risk.
I mean they are charging right in front of me. So they technically aren't unattended. I won't charge them unless I'm near
Ok I thought you meant you were asleep
If you can see them no problem.I mean sometimes I sleep with them charging but my charger won't over charge themOk I thought you meant you were asleep
I'm not a battery expert and don't pretend to be one but I don know you shouldn't charge batteries while you sleep. Case in point, I was charging batteries on a very reliable, highly regarded charger and then one day when I took them off, they were almost too hot to handle. Stuff happens, you want to be awake to catch it.
ETA - It won't overcharge until it does. It's not worth taking the gamble.
ETA - It won't overcharge until it does. It's not worth taking the gamble.
If you sleep you should put them in a metal box or pan or battery bag. Things fail and if you're asleep you won't know it until after the fact. I even had a cig alike fail and start smoking and sputtering, if it happened while I was asleep it could have caught something on fire.
Cigalikes are garbage compared to the LG/Samsung/Sony batteries we all should be using. I frequently charge my LG's and Sonys overnight on a Nitecore i4, but I guess I like to live dangerously.
I think it has a lot to do with the quality of the charger. I started with Xtar and have stayed with them. Never had any issues. Can't say that about a lot of other chargers (nitecore) having been reported here to do some seriously bad things.
Well that cig a like was back in 2010 when Cartos were just hitting the scene so way back. I Still un plug everything at night just to be safe.Cigalikes are garbage compared to the LG/Samsung/Sony batteries we all should be using. I frequently charge my LG's and Sonys overnight on a Nitecore i4, but I guess I like to live dangerously.
Rick, Xtar is the the one one that came just short of spectacularly failing on me. I was sitting withing a foot of it when the light went green and removed the batteries. They were very hot. I now use a Nitecore. Both are reputable, until they fail. Some brands are never reputable. Never go to sleep with batteries charging, it isn't worth it.
I agree with the Flamingo (Hi stranger ). I have a couple of Xtar chargers for vape batts, a hobby charger for those batts, and all the usual laptop, cell phone, etc batteries and chargers. None of them stay on overnight and no li-ion batts are charged in the house when I'm not here. Anything can fail no matter how well it's designed.
The way I look at it is it doesn't affect my life in a negative way to manage things this way, but one fire could be really bad. I also don't store propane tanks or gasoline in the house. Chances of any of these things starting a fire are very low, but if it happens ...
). I have a couple of Xtar chargers for vape batts, a hobby charger for those batts, and all the usual laptop, cell phone, etc batteries and chargers. None of them stay on overnight and no li-ion batts are charged in the house when I'm not here. Anything can fail no matter how well it's designed.The way I look at it is it doesn't affect my life in a negative way to manage things this way, but one fire could be really bad. I also don't store propane tanks or gasoline in the house. Chances of any of these things starting a fire are very low, but if it happens ...
I'm too busy to babysit my batts, so I'll continue chargin mine overnight when necessary. The i4's so slow it's practically a trickle charger anyway. I'll not lose any sleep over it. 
Ya, that wouldn't work for me. At 1A my 18650s hardly ever take longer than 1 3/4 hours to fully charge and mostly under 1 1/2. That really helps.
The 18650s we use are typically tested for battery cycle life by being charged at around 1C, so 2-3A depending on mAh. They're taken to full charge and then discharged down to almost empty, which is harder on them than what I do so I still get better life from mine compared to test results.
And if I feel like it I take them out partly charged. If they're at 80-90% they are actually not stressed as much as at full charge.
Works for me, but as always YMMV
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