My battery charges too fast apparantly

[kgonepostl]

Here's the deal. Turns out we were all wrong, the green led does mean that it's done charging. Read this
http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/forum/new-members-forum/8852-li-ion-batteries-truth.html

Anyway, my 510 battery charges in an hour and a half and goes green. It should take 3 hours no matter what since the battery controls the charge switch and all the battery's all use 3.7 volt battery's. It's been discussed that it should take roughly 2-3 hours, not 1 and a half in my case to go green.

So, I have damaged cells in my battery and am losing precious time per charge cycle me thinks. No battery should charge that quick. Let me know if you have similar results with your 510 from red to green if you have the chance.

 

[feathersncream]

All of my 510 batteries charge that quickly and I have 12 - 510 batteries so my guess is it's normal

 

[happily]

got 4 new 510 batts auto and manual and they're green around an hour, but it does vary from45-90 minutes on occasion

 

[happily]

people can post these "scientific' reports all day long about how the first charge is the same as the next, but the reality of the matter is I have approx 30 lithium ion batteries for my cordless power tools and they all take several days to start holding a proper charge when they are new... period. exclamation! They have a break in period.

 

[Antebellum]

Hi, kgonepostl,

Well, out of my six batteries ordered at different times, I have two from different batches that charge faster. Try as I have, I don't think they last a shorter time than the others. In fact, I think that my single oldest battery, which entered service on 4/19th this year is the fastest to charge AND has a middling duration before needing a recharge.

My four newest batteries vary, which is very annoying. I'm thinking of asking for an exchange of one of them, as it only works for about 15 minutes before asking for a charge.

It's well and good to quote theory, but we are not buying *reference* quality equipment here. For what it's worth, we may be getting bottom-of-the-barrel rejects from other applications. Who knows?

I've made myself just a little batty (battier?) tracking my batteries, rotating them, and making notes about each one, but I hope to stop worrying and learn to love the batteries. I have a Prodigy on order.

 

[motorcity57]

well you dont say if they last as long once charged. it only takes me hour and half to charge my 901 battery, been useing them a month, after the first big charge, they all take about the same charge time, each battery lasts me about 8 hours of vaping. the battery i use most often still takes the same charge time, but i can tell it is getting a little weaker it holds a charge maybe an hour less than the newer battery's. i would not worry about charge time if you still have good performance

 

[kgonepostl]

Good to know everybody. Thanks for the excellent feedback!

 

[Jim Davis]

You have to consider the output of the charger. A charger with a lower output will charge at a slower rate, thus taking more time to charge.

 

[surbitonPete]

You have to consider the output of the charger. A charger with a lower output will charge at a slower rate, thus taking more time to charge.

Jim is right the charger's output makes a lot of difference.