I charge my IMR batts @ 3.8V and have timed the charge to 4.2V I use a timer and small extension cord that runs into a lipo bag in a metal bucket.
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Now thats what I call serious about safety! nothing wrong with that though!
Unplug chargers! I don't even use a coffee pot with a timer built in anymore. I bought a 15 amp timer that plugs into the wall socket and my coffee pot is automatically turned on by the timer ... if the coffee pot switch is on. I just fill the plain jane Mr Coffee at night and flip the timer to auto. Solid state circuits can fail.
The up side of using a timer with a coffee pot, for instance, is that you can buy a $15 Mr Coffee or equivalent instead of the $49 model with the timer built in. I like the idea of using a timer set at 1.5 or 3.0 hours for charging ecigs. You can always flip it to manual to check and see if the battery charger turned green before the timer cut off.
The up side of using a timer with a coffee pot, for instance, is that you can buy a $15 Mr Coffee or equivalent instead of the $49 model with the timer built in. I like the idea of using a timer set at 1.5 or 3.0 hours for charging ecigs. You can always flip it to manual to check and see if the battery charger turned green before the timer cut off.
I unplugged when not in use. Safer for kids and animals that couls play with it.
One other thing you might consider doing which is Very Easy.
And that is to put your Charger and your Batteries in a Glass Pan when you are Charging.
I have seen many Threads where a Charger, or Battery, Melted Down. If a Charger or Battery Fails while charging, it can't harm much or catch anything on Fire if it is in a Glass Pan.
And Never, Ever, EVER Leave a Battery Charging when you go to Sleep or when you Leave the House.
I've heard, especially with the AW 18650's that its best to keep them on the charger plugged in to keep the ions circulating. That they don't last as long if you leave them unplugged when not in use. Kind of like a battery in your car, the cells dye after awhile.
Although I'm still very much a Newbie, so this is just what I read.
Although I'm still very much a Newbie, so this is just what I read.
Unplug it and only charge when around it. Mine blew up lady night and took all the plugs around it with it
Yeah, I'm gonna go ahead an unplug mine now. Lol. I had threww of those 18650's charging on a wall charger since I bought them, around 2 weeks ago. Never unplugged them, just switched them out when I needed to. After reading this thread I'm going to be unplugging them.
I'd like to see where you read about this. Do you have a Link?
If it gets down to Extending the Life Span Slightly of a 12 Dollar Battery or Possible Burning Down my House, well, that's a Tough Choice.
Man... I hope everything is OK.
Honestly I don't remember, I think I read it on some random Vaping Forum (Not this one). I want to say it was the Volcano Forums specifically the Lavatube part of the forum but I'm not 100% sure. I never knew that this could happen and like I said, I'll be unplugging my batteries now. I just had no idea. Good thing these forums are here for sure.
And I'm sure it dosn't help that I live in a very old apartment complex that has horrible sockets.
And I'm sure it dosn't help that I live in a very old apartment complex that has horrible sockets.
On Public Forums, you see all kinds of things. Some are True And Some Are Not. Some say do this and some say do that to make a Battery Last Longer.
But the Long and the Short of it is Battery and Battery Chargers Do Fail. And you Increase the Chance of Charger Failling by having a plugged in Constatly.
Now couple that with a Charger on a Desk Full of Papers and you have all the Ingredients for a House Fire. Or like you said, Horrible Sockets where you live, an Apartment Fire.
That is what is so Cool about a Forum like this. You get input from All kinds of people.
I never really thought about putting my charger in a Glass Pan while Charging. I just would put it on a pile of Oily Rags next to 3 months worthof Old News Papers.
Then I read some post an someone mentioned it an it clicked. Of Course. Can't Burn Glass. And I have a Pyrex Baking Pan that I never use. Just sitting in a Kitchen Cabinet.
The ECF is full of Great Ideas.
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