Any way to tell a batteries charge?

[Bahnzo]

using a multimeter?

 

[bliynd]

if its a manual you could press the button and check the reading, but be very careful not to short the battery out... if its an auto.... best of lucky tryin to suck on that baby while you have your leads on it hehehe

 

[zoiDman]

using a multimeter?

Not sure what type of battery your talking about. But for most e-Cigs, 3.7v, the meter will read somewhere between 3.1V and 3.8v.

 

[Bahnzo]

I was just wondering is there was a way to tell how much charge a battery has left. Like if I vaped for 5 hours on my Riva, how much charge remains. Just trying to get a feel for when it runs low. I know the light is supposed to flash, but it would be ideal to stick it on the charger before that happens.

 

[zoiDman]

I gottcha now...

I'm not sure at what voltage the battery will start to blink. Around 1v?

I do know this. That it is better to charge a Li-Ion battery more frequently than it is to wait until it is fully drained. Li-Ion batteries don't aquire a "memory" so you can put them on a charger to top them off.

A good setup is to have three batteries and keep rotating them onto the charger.

 

[pm2006]

I have 2 510 regular manual batteries. They worked fine. I also had a new disposable kit that I was giving to a friend who was going away for a few days. The disposable charger didn't have a light so I gave her my wall charger to take with her and I also gave her a regular battery. I kept the disposable charger and used it to charge my battery. Now NEITHER of my batteries work. The led flashes when I put it on the charger (I got a new one) and it reads 3.9 on the multimeter but it won't vape. The led won't turn on when I press the button and there is no draw. Any ideas what happened or if there is any hope?

 

[Bahnzo]

No idea if the disposable was meant to charge the 510 battery. That might just be it right there.

 

[pm2006]

I think you are right. I didn't charge it very long. Just enough to see that there wasn't a light and then off again. The disposable charges on the regular charger, however.