Hello newbie here with a question

[Kickingthesticks]

Hi guys I've been tobacco free for almost a year now thanks to ecigs. Chewed and smoked for about 10 years......I finally upgraded from the pen type vape and pulled the trigger on a provari radius. Now my question is I've been vaping all day on this mod at 10 watts with a 1.7 ohm coil and I have not seen the battery bar drop. This kinda scares me. The battery is a lg 3000 mah from provape. The first day I used it out of the package it was at half battery life and after a day I had to charge it, I did play around with the wattage on the first day. So after a full charge with the usb cable I've been vaping at 10 watts all day and the battery bar hasn't dropped did I get a defective battery? My other battery that I bought as a backup is showing 50 percent, it hasn't been charged yet. Sorry for the long story. Any advice Will be appreciated thanks.

 

[Kickingthesticks]

The puff counter says I'm at about 150 for today if that helps

 

[Susan~S]

When batteries ship they are usually somewhere around 3.6-3.7 volts. And the cutoff on most mods (when your mod will no longer fire) is around 3.2 volts.

So it stands to reason if you got 1/2 day on your battery out of the package you will get much longer with a fully charged cell (4.2 volts) before you reach the cutoff (3.2 volts).

My battery bar drains much slower when the battery is full (4.2 volts) than when it is 1/2 full (3.7 volts) .

I would not worry.

 

[suprtrkr]

I think you're ok. A 3000mAh battery ought to last forever plus 3 days at 10 watts.

 

[Kickingthesticks]

Thanks guys!

 

[Bonskibon]

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but my understanding is batteries are purposely shipped without a full charge for safety reasons.

 

[BrotherBob]

Welcome and glad you joined.
Might like to read:
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[Kickingthesticks]

Thanks guys so this is the end of the third day and my battery is only at half. I'm liking this mod more and more. My old vape pen type mod had to be recharged every night and sometimes it ran dead 3/4 ways through my day.