I bought the Efest luc v4 elite but it doesnt charge 21xxx or charge if a battery is depleted past 15% . I have the Miboxer c12-4 which does but I have gone thru 2 of them. What would people recommend?
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I don't know what you mean by the 15% thing, but the Efest Elite LUC 4 HD does is indeed fit 21700 batts. It's the original LUC 4 that doesn't fit anything longer than 18650.
These are 21700 batteries in the Efest Elite LUC 4 HD Charger...
The manual says that if the battery is charged less than 15% it wont charge them.I don't know what you mean by the 15% thing, but the Efest Elite LUC 4 HD does is indeed fit 21700 batts. It's the original LUC 4 that doesn't fit anything longer than 18650.
These are 21700 batteries in the Efest Elite LUC 4 HD Charger...
IIRC, you are a regulated mod vaper. Do your mods actually discharge your batteries past "15%" point they speak of in the manual? If so, these are unsafe mods you are using.
Well, I'm going to have to look into what Efest means by "15%". I think when a battery gets to about 2.0v or below it's not safe to charge it anymore so if that is the voltage (or below) that your mod is discharging batts to, it's tome to get rid of that mod. Typically the cutoff for regulated mods is around 3.5v IIRC, but some go slightly lower than that.
Mods often discharge to 3.2v or 3.3v, with a few going closer to 3v. Any decent charger ought to be able to recharge batteries at that level, but you remembered correctly about the 2v limit. A lot of chargers won't charge batteries that low because they aren't safe. Some chargers have a 'recovery' feature that will try to charge them, but Mooch recommends against trying it. Actually, he says that a battery that goes slightly below 2 v for a brief period only is probably ok, but if it goes much below 2 v or is left below it for any amount of time then it should definitely be scrapped (as should any regulated mod that discharges a battery that far.)
Nonetheless, if @fiddleshe's charger won't charge 21XXX batteries, a new charger is in order. I've heard good things about the Gyrfalcon's @Shawn Hoefer recommended. Xtar is also a good brand (for chargers, not batteries). The X2 and X4 (extended versions) are among the models that can reliably handle 21XXX batteries.
Ok so I switched my mod to an iStick Pico. Hopefully that wont discharge it too much.
OK, but your claim that the charger doesn't fit 21700 batts is a bit confusing since it was designed to and the pic I posted above shows it.
I havent tried them as I dont have any. It just looks too small to hold them. If you say they fit, I trust you. Lol
Literature says just about everything fits...
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21700 batts are only ~5mm longer than 18650 batts. If you put in an 18650 batt, you should see about 10mm or more left at the bottom. Lots of room for 21700. You're good as far as that's concerned.
FWIW... the Colossal's are not a problem. They are 100% quality mods.
I just vaped one of my Asmodus Colossal's down to the "Low Battery" warning.
Popped the Molicel P26 18650 battery in my Miboxer C4-12 v2 charger.
It reads 3.35v and 04%. <--- Those are very acceptable numbers.
The battery is charging as any other battery would be.
I have DNA mods where a low battery will be around 3.2v. Also a non issue.
I dont know then. My 2nd Miboxer died so I cant test. The Asmodus is a few years old. I am ok with retiring it.
@fiddleshe was that you who dropped your colossal few months ago and had to glue it back together?
BTW: You can check the voltage of your battery at any given point in time on your Efest Elite LUC 4 HD charger. See image above I uploaded last night.
BTW: You can check the voltage of your battery at any given point in time on your Efest Elite LUC 4 HD charger. See image above I uploaded last night.
I did glue it back together but I didnt drop it. It just came apart from putting batteries in and out.
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