How often you charge your batteries??

[Lonely^Driver]

Hi,

Just curious. How often you guys charge your PV batteries?
1) Wait till low batt then charge?
2) No care, reach home change to the spare battery and charge the exsiting one be it low batt or not.

 

[shenailing00]

1) for me
cuz i got two batt so alternate use. takes me abt a day and a half to 2 days to finish using a fully charged one

 

[alvinosj]

when i was using ego, i would charge once every 2 days.

 

[Lonely^Driver]

when i was using ego, i would charge once every 2 days.

This is a very good battery I would say. Eiither you a light vaper or your battery is high capacity.
But then you mention every 2 days means be it your batt low or not, you will still charge it right?

 

[zerominusone]

I charge mine whenever the one I'm using dies. Then I'll get a fresh one and put the dead one on the charger. Rinse and repeat.

 

[alvinosj]

because i am i am able to estimate when its dying, after vaping it for sometime.. you could tell when the battery is going to flat...

 

[Lonely^Driver]

because i am i am able to estimate when its dying, after vaping it for sometime.. you could tell when the battery is going to flat...

I see. So basically I take it that most of the people will let the batteries go low batt than charge.
Will know what to do to mine already.

*OT: I staying same area as you. haha

 

[alvinosj]

oh isit? which street you staying at?

 

[otrpu]

Whenever it starts blinking, (ProVari). JMHO

Cheers,
otrpu

 

[alvinosj]

I find that even when it start blinking, it still could last for about few hours more before it totally die off.

 

[Lonely^Driver]

I see.
This is interesting.

I was thinking if our PV batteries is the same as our Handphone battery. We know some people is lazy(I admit I'm one of them). We just plug-in our phone to the charger and let it charge till next day and continue. Also the same applies to those people whom is using iPhones. totally no such thing as spare battery(maybe those aftermarket add-on battery), or worst. Jailbreak. Totally cannot afford to let it go low batt. And yet the phone is still functioning till now...

 

[anchorhandler]

having a spare battery helps so you dont have to let it die every time. i think its best to have the batteries fully discharged 2 a month IMO. saying that, i recently bought spare batteries for my PV so i dont have to wait for it to charge again before i could use it.

 

[Popiah]

@lonely how frequently you need to charge depends on a few factors namely:

1) how much you vape a day
2) the resistance of the atty you use (lower resistance always drains your battery faster)

as alvin pointed out, after vaping for awhile, you will be able to tell when the battery is getting low, because of the drop in performance (assuming you are not using a regulated setup which would give you a very much more consistent vape as the battery discharges)

 

[Shoddy]

For me, I charge once a day.

 

[Lonely^Driver]

Sorry to bring up such a old tread(not really that old) but while I was having nothing to do on a Sunday afternoon, I kinda browsing thru the whole ECF postings and I come across this tread. I think it may be useful as a extra information for all of us.
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/reos-mods/212398-does-early-recharge-count-full-cycle-battery.html

 

[sup3rm2n]

i dont think that early recharge will lower batter life span, if the battery are lithium batteries,

"1. Charge often. Don't try to fully discharge the battery packs frequently. This only adds strain. Several partial discharges (regular use) with frequent recharges are better for lithium-ion than one total discharge. "

quotes from " Lithium Batteries -- Proper Care & Use "