Batteries and Mechanical mods

[bcameron]

I have just moved on to mechanical mods and really enjoying them. The question I have is how do you determine at what point the battery needs to be recharged. You can kill your battery if you over discharge under 3.4v. Obviously never had to worry about it with my regulated mods. I am not going to carry a MM around all the time to measure battery voltage. Do you just stop when you feel the coils are heating quickly enough? Is it something you just get a feel for after a while?


Thanks.

 

[VapieDan]

I have just moved on to mechanical mods and really enjoying them. The question I have is how do you determine at what point the battery needs to be recharged. You can kill your battery if you over discharge under 3.4v. Obviously never had to worry about it with my regulated mods. I am not going to carry a MM around all the time to measure battery voltage. Do you just stop when you feel the coils are heating quickly enough? Is it something you just get a feel for after a while?


Thanks.

My question as well. Just guess? Will the vape drop off indicate? At what point?

 

[tj99959]

You get a feel for it in time. You just need to check with a meter to understand what the "feel" is telling you.

Different battery types have different discharge curves, so you need to learn how your batteries react as their being depleted.
For example IMR's tend to 'fall off a cliff' at 3.5v

 

[bcameron]

For example IMR's tend to 'fall off a cliff' at 3.5v

Thats good. IMR's are all I use. I will look out for it while checking with MM for the first while to get a feel.

Thanks.

 

[Bunnykiller]

its going to be a "feel" thing... loss of flavor, loss of vape density, check the battery with a meter occasionally while vaping... pay attention to the changes and compare the voltage to the change... eventually you will know when to recharge the battery on "feel" alone...

 

[MorpheusPA]

Just a warning: check your battery regularly if you're not sure. Eventually you'll get a feel for that (like most have said, 3.5 tends to be the point where the draw just doesn't feel right any longer).

Under 3.0 V you're starting to wear away at the cathode material, but it's not a severe problem until about 2.5 V. Even so, you're going to shorten your battery life. Go too low and many chargers won't try to charge the battery--it's a risk to do so. Some smart chargers will trickle the current to slowly re-plate the cathode, then increase charge when it's safe to do so.