DSE 801 charge time

[ljmk]

Hi all,

Just received a DSE 801. The directions say to charge for several hours until the light turns green. Two hours in and the light is green. I have read a number of posts here that say green means done. I took the battery out and charged the second battery. That was also done within two hours. Is that normal? I bought from myvaporstore.com and I do not believe they send out charged batteries. Just want to make sure I am doing this right.

 

[Houdini]

It's normal. You're good to go.

 

[breakfastchef]

Ignore light colors in the charger and charge the batteries per the manufacturer recommendations. Lights, like gas gauges on your car, are inherently inaccurate.

 

[chicagobrad01]

I got a little remark card with my 801's that said for the first 3 charge times to charge for 12 hours, and make sure the battery is the most and used well. (assuming that means completely drained before charging again). After that I'd charge for 6 hours!

 

[Houdini]

Ignore light colors in the charger and charge the batteries per the manufacturer recommendations. Lights, like gas gauges on your car, are inherently inaccurate.

Actually, if the charger light turns green it's not charging any more. You can leave the battery on there for 8 or 12 hours but when the light turns green the charging circuit is turned off so your not gaining anything.

 

[chicagobrad01]

I've read several posts on here that talks about ignoring the lights....esp for the 901 chargers. My 901 charger light turns green after only 20min....always has.

 

[Houdini]

I know, I've read those too but apparently that's not true. It depends on how low the battery is when its put on the charger. I wait till it starts flashing when I'm using it and it always turns green after 2 hours. If you put a fully charged battery on a charger the light might not turn red at all. Put a partially used battery on there and it will stay red only for the amount of time it takes to put what was used back in. I've found that to be accurate even though there has been tons of threads on what's true or not.

 

[chicagobrad01]

Here it is...says its from the info he got off one of PureSomker's Vids.

I bought my 901 from puresmoker and there he has an instructional video on what to do when you get your first kit. In the video he said that there are issues with the lights on the chargers and they can't be relied on. He says no matter what lights you see on the charger, the initial charge should be no less than eight hours, and every charge after that should be no less then four. That's what ive been going by and it's worked fine for me hope that helps

 

[chicagobrad01]

That's what I do and I've only had one of five 901 batteries I've had since Jan. 03, 2009 stop working on me!

 

[Houdini]

I totally believe that's what it says but the big question is weather it's accurate. I havn't had any batteries die on me since January. I have 6 of them. You can keep doing it the way you are and it won't hurt a thing. You just are probably not gaining anything after a green light either. You can find hundreds of posts on this very question. Like this one...

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/e-cig-technical-issues/11848-battery-first-charge.html