Charging a VV battery

[maybeshewill]

I know you're gonna laugh cause I probably asked a dumb question, but,

When charging a VV battery (spinner, smoktech, ego-c twist, etc), does it matter where I've left the voltage dial on?
I'm just playing safe, don't want to overcharge it or blow anything up

 

[r77r7r]

Doesn't matter at all.

 

[rizraz86]

It's been fine for me....... hopefully I am not one of the lucky ones.....

 

[Rickajho]

It has been reported here that either type - Twist or Spinner - will charge faster if the dial is turned to the highest voltage. Personally I don't know if there is any truth in that since I own neither of them. I haven't seen a schematic so I don't know if that makes any sense based on their design.

 

[zoiDman]

I know you're gonna laugh cause I probably asked a dumb question, but,

When charging a VV battery (spinner, smoktech, ego-c twist, etc), does it matter where I've left the voltage dial on?
I'm just playing safe, don't want to overcharge it or blow anything up

I have both a Twist and a Spinner.

One of them said it was Best to Charge it when the Voltage is set at about 4.3 Volts. One of them said it Didn't Matter. Can't Remember which was which.

I charge them Both about with the Wheel set around 4.3 volts. This is Easy for me because that is Basically what I vape at. And I filed a Small Notch in the Wheel at 4.2 volts which Lines Up with the Fire Button.

Not Sure if Any of this Matters. Or if it does, how many people it Applies To. Because there could have been a Dozen Revisions to the Circuit Board inside my Twist or Spinner.

That, and it is Next to Impossible to know if what I am holding is even a Genuine Twist or Spinner. And not a Knock-Off.

 

[TheReign]

Turn that thing up and find out! Lol

 

[revco]

I don't see how it would matter one bit, myself, but then again...I didn't design these batteries. The dial indicator is just a fancy potentiometer that regulates the output voltage of the battery. Even if input voltage did go through the VV pot, though, your charge power is going to be in the .5 mA range, which is the maximum power input. The pot could step up the voltage back into the battery, but that would seem to me inefficient to me, since you would be losing power (the little you start with) in the voltage conversion. If I was designing it, I would maintain original voltage from the charger to create the most electrical efficiency.

 

[cthulhufan]

The instructions for my spinner clone (My Start Revolver) indicated that I should set it to 4.2 Volts when charging. I have no idea why, but that's what I do because the instructions said to...

 

[Camf]

I have not read anything yet about setting them to a certain voltage when charging. It will be interesting to see what the consensus on this is.

 

[zoiDman]

I don't see how it would matter one bit, myself, but then again...I didn't design these batteries. The dial indicator is just a fancy potentiometer that regulates the output voltage of the battery. Even if input voltage did go through the VV pot, though, your charge power is going to be in the .5 mA range, which is the maximum power input. The pot could step up the voltage back into the battery, but that would seem to me inefficient to me, since you would be losing power (the little you start with) in the voltage conversion. If I was designing it, I would maintain original voltage from the charger to create the most electrical efficiency.

I'm Not an Electronics Expert.

But when I saw the Voltage that they say you should Set the Battery at I thought Maybe it has Something to do with Matching the Input Voltage of the Charger?

I Dunno?

The instructions for my spinner clone (My Start Revolver) indicated that I should set it to 4.2 Volts when charging. I have no idea why, but that's what I do because the instructions said to...

The More I think about it, I think it was my Spinner and Not my Twist that said to charge at 4.2v also.

 

[Fisheeboy]

I think you ask a great question and certainly not a dumb one by any means. I never thought to ask it until I seen you asking it and then it got me to wondering. But I think everyone has given pretty good answers and imo I think just throwing on the charger is okay. I love your avatar by the way.