18650 question

[Benjamin89]

Got 4 new batteries and a mod a couple days ago. While waiting for the first battery to charge I got impatient so I stuck the used up the little charge that was in the fresh unused batteries that were waiting to go on the charger. It wasnt until the next day I found out you should charge up new batteries. The batteries appear to work ok but will they crap out early because of what I did? Or is it not that big a deal

 

[Coastal Cowboy]

You should not have any problems.

 

[JC Okie]

It’ll be fine.

 

[Baditude]

Not that big of a deal. The batteries that we use for vaping are Li-ion lithium batteries, which have no "memory". Other chemistry batteries, such as Nickle Cadmium, have "memory" and had to be fully drained of their charge before re-charging them.

You can use Li-ion batteries no matter what state of charge they have, as long as the voltage is not lower than 2.5 volts.

 

[Benjamin89]

Ok thanks a lot

 

[stols001]

You'll be fine, but glad you are feeling reassured. Ideally, yeah charge them to full first, but this isn't going to do anything terrible or devastating to your battery.

Anna