first charge

[nikos markakis]

I bought an eleaf istick the older version with 20w. On the first store they told me to wait until the battery is completely empty the charge it for 8 hours first charge. On the second store they told me to not wait until is completely full and charge it normally not for 8 hours first charge. What is the correct thing to do for first charge? And how to charge after the first time?

 

[dc99]

Charge it the first time till all the lights stay on. It will last more than a day on a charge. Running any lithium battery all the way down and then charging it just shortens its life.

 

[edyle]

I bought an eleaf istick the older version with 20w. On the first store they told me to wait until the battery is completely empty the charge it for 8 hours first charge. On the second store they told me to not wait until is completely full and charge it normally not for 8 hours first charge. What is the correct thing to do for first charge? And how to charge after the first time?

They usually come charged about 40-50%.
You can use it out of the box or you can put it on charge.

 

[Baditude]

According to Battery University, it doesn't really matter for lithium batteries. (the iStick's use a Li-Poly chemistry lithium battery)

Some chemistry types, like the nickle cadium batteries once used in camcorders, required you to completely discharge the battery before charging. Not so with lithium batteries. You can either charge it to full when you first get it, or allow it to discharge fully before charging it. Lithium-ion does not need to be fully charged; a partial charge is actually better.

Personally, I generally put brand new batteries right in the charger, as they usually ship at around 60% charge. It may take a few charging cycles for a new battery to get to its full potential.

 

[dc99]

Well, I learned something new myself. Ive always been under the old saying "discharging all the way shortens the life of them" and charge them back as soon as possible. Ive got to read more

 

[Baditude]

Well, I learned something new myself. Ive always been under the old saying "discharging all the way shortens the life of them" and charge them back as soon as possible. Ive got to read more

Maybe I should be more specific. I wasn't speaking of over discharging them. Fully discharged I mean down to 3.4 volts, or when a regulated mod indicates to recharge the battery.

Older IMR batteries could be safely discharged down to 3.2 volts without harm. The newer IMR/hybrids can be discharged down to 2.5 volts, but that's not really recommended.

 

[dc99]

I read the whole thing you linked. Very informative. I have seen people run them down till they cut off on there own. That's what I was getting at. As long as we get the correct information to the op its good.

 

[93gc40]

I read the whole thing you linked. Very informative. I have seen people run them down till they cut off on there own. That's what I was getting at. As long as we get the correct information to the op its good.

They only "Cut out", on a regulated mod with that function. On a mech you just get less and less steam. I try to swap batts at around 3.6 whether regulated or not.

 

[dc99]

They only "Cut out", on a regulated mod with that function. On a mech you just get less and less steam. I try to swap batts at around 3.6 whether regulated or not

We were talking about an istick