Battery safety. How & when can a battery blow up?

[dchemist]

I have a nitcore i2 charger. I let it charge all the way which I'm guessing is 4.2V. My thing is how do I know when it's low? I mean it hits hard even after hours of use. Will it stop firing once it's low?

That's where having a digital multi meter really comes in handy. You can pick one up for pretty cheap. This is what I use:

http://mobile.walmart.com/ip/Innova...nging-Digital-Multimeter/14644666?type=search

 

[Stayhat3rfree]

I have one of those. Just had to look for it. I don't have the slightest idea on how to use it. Still in the plastic packaging

 

[Stayhat3rfree]

As I said, take out it everytime you drip and see how much it's dropped. I use the same charger for the exact same purposes with new builds. On a .9 it should last a long time. But say you're puffing away and you drip, and you drip, and you drip. Take out your fresh battery. You see it's at 4 v from 4.2v fresh. It's gone .2 in that amount of puffs. Use this estimate how much it will drop.

Repeat. Once you get it to 3.5-3.7v start charging her up!

Unfortunately this method kind of sucks. It's tough when you're on the go especially. I carry 4 batteries on me for this exact reason and have gotten pretty good at knowing when to change. If in doubt I change em out! When I get home I check all my batteries and see how close I was, and most of the time I've stopped around 3.6-3.8 v. Mind you, I also run a .25 ohm build, so my batteries run out significantly faster than yours will.

Best of luck!

Ok so just found my multimeter & checked the battery & it's at 3.68V so I'm gonna go with your advise & throw it in the charger. I tried to figure out how to get it to check the resistance on my coil but I must be doing it wrong

 

[Baditude]

Information Resources for Your First RBA

How to Use Your Multimeter

 

[Stayhat3rfree]

Thanks for the vid!! I'm all set now. Glad I joined this forum [emoji16]