510 batteries- charge when dead or before they go dead?

[silkakc]

Recharge when dead or before they go dead? Book doesn't specify

Thank you very much!

Lori

 

[Robin Macri]

I would charge them before they go dead I have many 510 batts and I have been using them for 7 months and have not lost one yet.

 

[DaveP]

Lithium Ion batteries like to be at some level of higher charge at all times. They die when they are allowed to go flat and left that way. You may notice that the vapor/taste is dropping off and suddenly the light flashes. The charging circuit in Joye batteries shuts off before they are completely dead to prevent total discharge and doesn't completely charge to 4.2v. It stops at 3.92v which is the suggested charge point for long life. The voltage regulator in the battery maintains the vape voltage under load at around 3.2v - 3.3v during usage.

So, you can charge when the light flashes or charge more often. I use my 510s and Egos until they flash unless I'm going somewhere and want to know I have full charge.

 

[Sandybeach40]

Charge them before they go dead. I have 2 batts that are 2 months old and they haven't lost a bit of there performance.

I charge mine when they are at down 50 to 25 percent.

 

[Liv2Ski]

Lithium Ion batteries like to be at some level of higher charge at all times. They die when they are allowed to go flat and left that way. You may notice that the vapor/taste is dropping off and suddenly the light flashes. The charging circuit in Joye batteries shuts off before they are completely dead to prevent total discharge and doesn't completely charge to 4.2v. It stops at 3.92v which is the suggested charge point for long life. The voltage regulator in the battery maintains the vape voltage under load at around 3.2v - 3.3v during usage.

So, you can charge when the light flashes or charge more often. I use my 510s and Egos until they flash unless I'm going somewhere and want to know I have full charge.

+1 on this. I do the same

 

[BobTheKlown]

Lithium Ion batteries like to be at some level of higher charge at all times. They die when they are allowed to go flat and left that way. You may notice that the vapor/taste is dropping off and suddenly the light flashes. The charging circuit in Joye batteries shuts off before they are completely dead to prevent total discharge and doesn't completely charge to 4.2v. It stops at 3.92v which is the suggested charge point for long life. The voltage regulator in the battery maintains the vape voltage under load at around 3.2v - 3.3v during usage.

So, you can charge when the light flashes or charge more often. I use my 510s and Egos until they flash unless I'm going somewhere and want to know I have full charge.

Another +1 here, the man know's his batts....

Li-Ion batts should not be allowed to go DEAD but, as Dave points out, the batt has a circuit built in that prevents them from going totally dead, so charge when they stop vaping, or as often as you want, since there's no batt memory, this won't hurt them (unlike some other types of batts).

 

[breaktru]

Me too, charge them before they go dead. They last a full day and charge them about 2 hours before there used up. I know my vaping routine so it's easy for me figure swap time. Still going strong after several months. I don't use LR's because of the battery drain.

 

[binoyin]

You always gotta charge before they are dead...

 

[Lil' Lou]

I know this post is about 510's, but would the advice be the same regarding KR8 batts? Charge before they go dead?

 

[proudlion]

A lithium-ion battery provides 300-500 discharge/charge cycles. The battery prefers a partial rather than a full discharge. Frequent full discharges should be avoided when possible. Instead, charge the battery more often

How to prolong lithium-based batteries