Charging: Battery On, or Off?

[TheHappyWanderer]

This is probably the dumbest question in the history of these forums, but when you charge the battery do you turn it on, or off?

Thanks!

 

[sofarsogood]

This is probably the dumbest question in the history of these forums, but when you charge the battery do you turn it on, or off?

Thanks!

On my regulated mods, and may be all of them, when the fire button is pressed the recharging process is interrrupted. It shouldn't matter if the mod is on or off.

 

[TheHappyWanderer]

On my regulated mods, and may be all of them, when the fire button is pressed the recharging process is interrrupted. It shouldn't matter if the mod is on or off.

Thanks for the reply. I was wondering because my battery charges, but the green light never turns on even after approximately 5 hours of charging.

 

[sofarsogood]

Thanks for the reply. I was wondering because my battery charges, but the green light never turns on even after approximately 5 hours of charging.

Do the directions say there is supposed to be a green light? If yes another possibility might be that the battery is so depleted it never comes up to the voltage that signals it's fully charged but now I'm over my head and just guessing. Did you meantion what device you have?

 

[Gramdogg]

This is probably the dumbest question in the history of these forums, but when you charge the battery do you turn it on, or off?

Thanks!

If it's your subvod it has pass through, vape while it's charging capable... If your vaping while it's charging though it will take forever. Get a second subvod or a cheap EVOD/AIO as a back up so you won't have to use it while it's charging. Basically your charging at 1A but running 5-6A so if your charging 5-6x time longer then vaping your getting no where.

 

[bwh79]

This is probably the dumbest question in the history of these forums, but when you charge the battery do you turn it on, or off?

Thanks!

Modern electronic devices are never truly "off." It's best to let the battery rest while charging. If it's resting because it's locked and the fire button is temporarily disabled, or just because you're not PRESSING the button anyway whether it's locked or not, I don't think the battery will care much either way.

 

[TheHappyWanderer]

Do the directions say there is supposed to be a green light? If yes another possibility might be that the battery is so depleted it never comes up to the voltage that signals it's fully charged but now I'm over my head and just guessing. Did you meantion what device you have?

I've got a Kangertech Subvod. I don't know if the other light is green (there are two lights), but only the bottom one ever lights up. I just unplug it when the battery base feels cool.

 

[sofarsogood]

I've got a Kangertech Subvod. I don't know if the other light is green (there are two lights), but only the bottom one ever lights up. I just unplug it when the battery base feels cool.

The documentation for the device should tell you what the different lights mean. That's going to be available online if you don't have a little leaflet or flyer.

 

[Semiretired]

This is probably the dumbest question in the history of these forums, but when you charge the battery do you turn it on, or off?

Devices should always be off when charged. The device may be able to handle, but you are stressing the batts. Take the time to read some of the info available at the Battery University.

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries

 

[IMFire3605]

Could be also the charging light just shuts off when charging is finished, a lot of recent mods follow this rule anymore, older ego battery chargers followed the one light color or blink method then the color change or stayed solid meant charging was done.

 

[bwh79]

Devices should always be off when charged.

Modern electronic devices are never truly "off." It's best to let the battery rest while charging, yes. However, whether it's resting because it's locked and the fire button is temporarily disabled, or just because you're not PRESSING the button anyway whether it's locked or not, I don't think the battery will care much either way.

 

[Gramdogg]

I've got a Kangertech Subvod. I don't know if the other light is green (there are two lights), but only the bottom one ever lights up. I just unplug it when the battery base feels cool.

So the red light is on but the green light never comes on and your not using pass through while it's charging? Even if the green LED light wasn't working the red LED light should still go off or flash. Hopefully it's still under warranty. Should ask what your using to charge it too, PC is 500mAh I think and phone chargers usually 1000mAh but if it's like a bluetooth headset charger it's like 100mAh... would take a long time for sure lol.

 

[TheHappyWanderer]

I just decided to try charging it extra long, and after quite a few hours the green light came on. I don't use it while it's charging. I guess it just takes longer than the Mistic cig-a-like to charge.

 

[Gramdogg]

oh for sure bud, subvod is at least twice the mAh I'd think. can't find a rating on mistic but they can't be more then 650mAh by looking at them. 5 hours for 1300mAh does seem long though.

 

[ImThatGuy]

Usb charging is rated at 500mah, so, 1300/500 = 2.6. So, theoretically, it should only take 2 and a half hours to fully charge.

 

[bwh79]

Usb charging is rated at 500mah, so, 1300/500 = 2.6. So, theoretically, it should only take 2 and a half hours to fully charge.

That would be true if it delivered the full 500mA (note: mA = milliamps, mAh = milliamp hours) the whole time, but I believe the way most chargers work is that they keep a constant current (500mA or whatever, can be more on units that use a wall plug) until the battery reaches 4.2 volts, and then keep a constant 4.2 voltage, which means reducing the current, until it (the current) drops to 35mA or so when charging is considered "complete." That last "trickle charge" period can go on for quite a long time, since it's charging at a very low rate during that time.