How Does One...

[jtphenom]

Everything I'm reading says you shouldn't charge your batteries overnight. But I also am reading that many of the chargers take 15 hours or more to fully charge an IMR 18650. So how exactly does one charge a dead battery for 15 hours when one has to work during the day?

I'm really stressed out with all the stuff I'm reading about batteries and charging. It's almost making me want to cancel my VAMO order!

 

[tj99959]

Takes about 3-4 hours to charge an 18650. Maybe you need to invest in a different charger.

 

[jtphenom]

I don't have a charger yet. This is just what I'm reading in reviews about various chargers. I ordered a TrustFire TR-003P4. That's what I can afford right now. Haven't received it yet.

 

[AlB53]

^^^ what tj said

 

[jtphenom]

Alrighty. Anyone have a charger around $20 to recommend that will do the job in 4 hours and is reliable and safe?

 

[echofinder]

I have trustfire 18650's & a trustfire charger - it takes 8-9 hours to charge one fully.

Easiest thing for me is to put the batt in before I go to bed & when it finishes an hour after I get up, take it out. I am in the same room, if something goes wrong I will know about it rather quickly. I mean, even if I was awake, it's not like I would be sitting & watching a battery charge for 8 hours. If it explodes, it explodes. It probably won't.

To anyone who gets worked up about these things: buy a small fire extinguisher & keep it in the same room as the charger, that's really the best you can do.

 

[Vchick]

Sorry, I won't charge overnight even in the same room. You may want to look into a charging bag......

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/search.php?searchid=15209375

 

[jtphenom]

Vchick, your link doesn't work. But thank you. I actually just ordered a charging bag.

 

[serenity21899]

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This one takes 3-4 hours for 18650s as others have said. I do not do them overnight just because I want to keep an eye on it.

 

[Thrasher]

i use an xtar and charging 18650 2250mah batteries is only about 4 hours. i would avoid any charger that takes 15 hours.

 

[jtphenom]

echofinder, what charger are you using?

 

[DaveP]

There was a recent thread here on ECF in which a guy talked about his brand new Trustfire TR-001 taking 10-12 hours to charge a 2000mah AW 18650 IMR. Mine takes 3-4 hours. He was a fellow electronics type and he ran a current load check on his while charging. It was producing 161ma while charging the battery.

He returned it as defective and the new one did the same thing. We agreed that there had to be a component value change at the factory for that to happen. I suspect that there are thousands of those in the system. I'd contact my vendor if mine took all day. Li-ion and IMR like a little higher charge rate around 420ma to 500ma. That puts you into the 3-4 hour charge range. The TR-001 is rated on the label as 500ma output. If it won't charge a 2000mah 18650 in 4 hours, it's bad.

 

[DiNet]

I kinda fail to see why one shouldn't charge batteries overnight... You don't charge your phones/tablets overnight? None of you owns UPS?
Same as stacking batteries... somehow it's fine for 123694324910234 devices, but in ecigs it's suddenly a ticking bomb...

 

[Thrasher]

I kinda fail to see why one shouldn't charge batteries overnight... You don't charge your phones/tablets overnight? None of you owns UPS?
Same as stacking batteries... somehow it's fine for 123694324910234 devices, but in ecigs it's suddenly a ticking bomb...

phones and tablets dont use batteries with a 10 to 20 amp discharge rate. same with stacking. my flashlight isnt spending all day 5 mm from my face.

a cheap plastic device will melt and fall apart should a meltdown occure, a stainless steel tube with improper venting will become a pipebomb.... big difference.

while they dont have to be used charging bags are offered so if the kitchen explodes the lawyers cannot say the vendor isnt offering safety devices to the consumer even though they knew the risk is there.


vaping is having enough of a hard time without some idiots ending up on the news with half their face blown off and making it even worse.

 

[Vchick]

Vchick, your link doesn't work. But thank you. I actually just ordered a charging bag.

Sorry, try this thread; http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/324578-charging-bags-really-necessary.html