8 hour battery charge on a new battery question

[x-smok3]

I know that it is recommended to charge new batteries for 8 hours, use it for a while, and then charge again for an hour. I am curious about what this accomplishes. Don't get me wrong I am not saying it isn't what should be done just don't know why. I will say that I never did this on any batteries but that was because I never read the instructions and just jumped in. I seem to get the average battery time of about 1hr per 100mah. My question specifically is; if the charger stops charging when the green light comes on how would the battery be conditioned with the extra time? Is doing this supposed to give longer battery life between charges or longer overall battery life?

 

[Levitas]

I've never heard of this practice?

I charge my batteries, new and old, until the they're charged. Then, I vape until they die. With my 18650's that I use in my ProVari, I usually slap them on the charger when they reach 3.5-3.6v (which is generally a full day's worth of vaping).

 

[Animeguy]

I just use my MM to check voltage when I get them if its under 3.7V, I charge them If its at 4, I use them out of package.

 

[SnakeFarm]

I'm pretty sure the eight hour thing is a throw-back to older battery technology.

I got two Riva 510s in a starter kit. I blasted one of them straight out of the box and the other chaged over-night. At a little over a week, they both last around 6 hours of heavy chain-vapeing, or maybe only 5 if I use the LR cartos.

 

[BardicDruid]

Those instructions are for NiMH and NiCAD, the newer batteries use Li-Ion, just charge until the light turns green the go.

 

[base234]

I've never heard of this practice?


I charge my batteries, new and old, until the they're charged. Then, I vape until they die.

There it is.

 

[swedishfish]

I had a kit that came with the same instructions- charge 8 hours, vape for an hour then charge for another hour.

If these are old instructions, how long are these kits sitting around? No wonder the prefilled cartos taste so bad. When did they change from NiMH to Li-Ion batteries?