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The light starts blinking at 3.3v. I dont change my battery till the light starts blinking. I feel its best to run the battery down fully before charging. Its also recommended to let the battery sit for a short period of time before throwing it on the charge. Im sure there differing opinions on all this so YMMV
Yup the battery starts blinking around 3.3v, and I believe it stops firing before it hits 3.2v. I just put a battery on charge, but if someone doesn't post an answer before I kill my next battery, I will totally kill it and then test it.
New batteries come delivered partially charged. It's a good idea to put them through the charger for a full charge before prolonged use.
Fully charged batteries should read 4.2 volts. As someone pointed out the Provari will warn you when the battery reaches 3.3 volts, and will continue to run for another 1-2 hours before it stops working.
Fully charged batteries should read 4.2 volts. As someone pointed out the Provari will warn you when the battery reaches 3.3 volts, and will continue to run for another 1-2 hours before it stops working.
My battery with the extension cap started blinking and I still tried to vape it but it would not work.
When I use the smaller battery on the mini the blinking will happen but I can vape with it blinking for a good while before it dies.
Vaping at 3.8
When I use the smaller battery on the mini the blinking will happen but I can vape with it blinking for a good while before it dies.
Vaping at 3.8
There's a thread on the Forum Suppliers Provape subforum about the blinking light and the snugness of the endcap. I've noticed the same with mine occassionally. I can loosen the cap ever so slightly and the blinking stops. 
I just killed a battery to the point of being too low to fire. Then to make sure it was 100% too low, I pulled it out, let it sit for a few minutes, put it back in, and fired it a few more times. I did that about 3 times. The dead battery reads 3.083V. It has been sitting for about 10 minutes and is back up to 3.109V.
While I have my fluke meter out and am swapping batteries in my provari, I figured I would test the fully charged battery. I charged it yesterday, left it sitting on my desk over night, and have been carrying it in my pocket for about 5 hours today. It is one of the 18490's that came with my provari and it currently reads 4.185V
While I have my fluke meter out and am swapping batteries in my provari, I figured I would test the fully charged battery. I charged it yesterday, left it sitting on my desk over night, and have been carrying it in my pocket for about 5 hours today. It is one of the 18490's that came with my provari and it currently reads 4.185V
Check settings.
LED on, you can still vape even with slow flashing indicating low battery. Fast LED flashing means battery is dead.
LED off, no slow flashing. Fast LED flashing means battery is dead.
Its actually better to avoid 'fully discharging' them, but I use that loosely as the Provari won't let the battery get too low. Lithium-Ion prefer to be charged before 20% capacity (to the best of my understanding and reading).
There's a thread on the Forum Suppliers Provape subforum about the blinking light and the snugness of the endcap. I've noticed the same with mine occassionally. I can loosen the cap ever so slightly and the blinking stops.
Mine started acting up one night, it wouldn't have any power if the cap was tightened all the way, but if I backed it off just a tiny twist, a few degrees at most, it'd come back to life.
Cleaned the internal battery post and everything is fine now.
Seems if that contact or the threads become dirty, it'll start acting up.
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Thank you. I haven't gotten a blinking light yet, but the CB reads 3.3 or 3.2. I will go change batteries now.
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