Leave battery in charger?

[sea_munky]

Hi.

I just got my 510 and would like the battery to last as long as possible. So when I charge the battery, do I have to remove it when it is finished or can I just leave it in there so that it's at max capacity when I need it?

Thank you for your responses. This is a great place.

 

[Hookaddict]

I tend to take them out of my pcc when they are all charged

 

[sea_munky]

Thank you Hookaddict

For what it's worth, I'm using the plug in home charger as that's all I have right now.

 

[antisomnic]

i'd say it wouldn't hurt to leave it on after it's done charging but i doubt it would do any good, if you want to leave it on before going to bed or something i wouldn't recommend that in case it keeps trying to charge the battery it might overcharge it and it would overheat

 

[Cheezit]

Likely it would be fine to leave overnight, but personally I would not. We are dealing with a fledgling industry with some QA issues. I unplug everything to do with the e-cig before leaving or going to bed.

 

[LichLord]

I heard on the modder forums if you get a perfect storm of certian types of batts with a certian type of charger they can... Well, explode. With fire. If you way overcharge them anyway. I took at the same as an electric space heater will burn my house down. All things being equal, it's not going to. But it could. "Thermal Runaway" the guy called it. Not sure if they ment the batts that come with these ecigs out of the box where those types though (unprotected) but then I read somewhere ELSE you can tell the diffrence by protected being grey and unprotected being blue. Then I saw a picture somewhere else of the actual battery inside an ecig batt.

It was blue.

 

[Travis798]

Hi.

I just got my 510 and would like the battery to last as long as possible. So when I charge the battery, do I have to remove it when it is finished or can I just leave it in there so that it's at max capacity when I need it?

Thank you for your responses. This is a great place.

Lithium Ion batteries are extremely safe and have protections built in to keep problems from happening. With that said, we are talking about batteries that, as far as I know, are from an unknown source. QA Issues can lead to dangers with these batteries. Thermal Runaway can and has occurred.

The self discharge rate for lithium ion batteries is very low, so your not really going to lose any juice by leaving a full batt off the charger. The best thing would be to remove the batteries, and therefore any chance of issues, once the charging cycle is complete.

 

[newbutt]

I have a power strip with 6 chargers & I leave batts in overnight ,everynight. I've been vaping 6 months with no problems doing it that way.

Cheers,
NB

 

[Travis798]

I have a power strip with 6 chargers & I leave batts in overnight ,everynight. I've been vaping 6 months with no problems doing it that way.

Cheers,
NB

Chances are you never will have any problems with it. However Asia is known for producing lithium ion batteries without the safety features that they really need. These batteries are small enough that there probably won't be any problems, but you should remember that they CAN catch fire, and leaving them on the charger overnight will not yield a greater charge than taking it off the charger before going to sleep.

 

[Kent C]

Hi.

I just got my 510 and would like the battery to last as long as possible. So when I charge the battery, do I have to remove it when it is finished or can I just leave it in there so that it's at max capacity when I need it?

Thank you for your responses. This is a great place.

Try this. Take a fully charged battery off the charger and don't use it for a day. Then put it back in the charger. See what color of light you get.

Also good data on batteries here:

Charging lithium-ion batteries
Lithium-ion is a very clean system and does not need priming as nickel-based batteries do. The 1st charge is no different to the 5th or the 50th charge. Stickers instructing to charge the battery for 8 hours or more for the first time may be a leftover from the nickel battery days.

Do and don't battery table
Do charge the battery often. The battery lasts longer with partial rather than full discharges.

How to charge - when to charge table
- Should I remove the battery from the charger when full?
It does not matter. The charger automatically cuts the charge current when the battery is full.


Lithium-ion safety concerns

 

[sea_munky]

thank you for the info. I'll just let them charge and remove them when done and unplug the charger just to be safe.

 

[Soon to be E]

I never had a problem with ANY LiIon bat in the years I´ve handled them. It doesn´t hurt leaving them in the charger for a few hours after the led turns green. Trickle charge keeps them fuller and they last somewhat longer than if you pull them out of the charger as soon as the light turns green. As for the chargers, leaving them plugged on I´d do it only due to electricity consumption. Until now the 3 chargers I´ve got have given me no problems whatsoever.

 

[Liscab]

I never had a problem with ANY LiIon bat in the years I´ve handled them. It doesn´t hurt leaving them in the charger for a few hours after the led turns green. Trickle charge keeps them fuller and they last somewhat longer than if you pull them out of the charger as soon as the light turns green. As for the chargers, leaving them plugged on I´d do it only due to electricity consumption. Until now the 3 chargers I´ve got have given me no problems whatsoever.

Agree with you, Che,just that I unplug the charger to protect it,not for consumption

 

[oldtechno]

Lithum batteries 'supposed' to have built in 'shut off' circuitry. Meaning, when they are fully charged they won't accept any more charge from your recharger. That's why the light turns green--it means the battery will allow NO MORE charge.

You can charge one of these things up until the light turns green. Leave it on the charger if you want to and watch the light. Did it turn red during the eight hours you watched?

No

Besides,Lithums allow no trickle charge. When they shut off...they are off regardless of what the battery charger says. As far as I know, there is not toping off charge allowed until these things have discharged a respectable percent. When the light turns green--it's done until it's discharged.

Finally. The real thing to look out for (after you've used these batteries for a week or too-- proving to yourself you don't have a bad one) are the chargers--that's another good reason to disconnect before you go to bed.