Battery drainage: Should I turn device off?

[simhaw]

Hi guys
Been vaping for few months now on Vamos with rebuildables/ clearo's.

I'm just wondering, do batteries drain when the device is 'on' but not in use? Am I the only one turning my device off whenever I put it down?

Thanx.

 

[Baditude]

I've never turned my mods off. If the mod continues to drain the battery while its on but not being fired, it couldn't be very noticable, quite insignificant in fact. Not a bad idea to turn it off if you put it in a pocket though.

 

[steved5600]

Most PV's and APV's have a function to turn it off so the button can not be pressed by accident. Early models could be turned on and left on and it caused some unpleasant things like melted attys or worse. So if you can turn it off when not in use I'd do that. Not much trouble to turn it on if your PV doesn't have that option you can remove the battery or Atty and prevent such accidents.
I don't turn mine off except when they are in my pocket and such so it won't be firing in my pocket. But just setting on a table I don't bother. Most if not all PV's and for sure APV's have a timer shut off in case it gets pressed for too long. But it can't hurt to turn them off just to be sure. Better safe than sorry.
Welcome to ECF by the way.

 

[Stoneface]

You're not alone. I don't know if it really affects battery life or performance, but after reading through the battery threads I turn my device off just in case something wants to go wrong when I'm not paying attention. I would guess that especially with mechanical mods there is no battery drain. I don't know if the electronic mods will drain the batteries or not (I have a Vamo too) when turned off. I would guess that there might be a little drain when they are turned on, even when not firing.

 

[Ryedan]

Agree with Baditude. Considering that I charge batts every few days leaving devices on might shorten that by a few minutes, so no issue. I do try to turn them off when safety is a concern.

 

[IntelligentDesigner]

If PVs are anything like cars, something may not be getting switched off completely or a small short. Most PVs have short protection but it may possibly be a bad switch or something not becoming completely disengaged from the circuit. More likely though it's a bad battery if there's nothing else to be draining it.

 

[simhaw]

Brilliant guys, appreciate it!