New 510 battery charging question

[paladinx]

The guy i bought the 510 from said that the battery needs an initial charge of 8 hours. When i plug it into the charger the light turns green only after 2 hours. I am confused, Should i continue to charge the battery for 8 hours, or if the light turns green than i should just take it out?

regards.

 

[Turco Chips]

vape away, buddy!!

Green = ready!

TC

 

[paladinx]

Yeah thats what i thought. But the guy i bought the batteries from said i need an initial 8 hour charge, and than 2 hour charges after that. I never charged it for 8 hours, i charged it for like 2 and it turned green, I used it, and it died in like no time. like I only picked it up a few times maybe like four or five times and using it for like a couple m mins each time and the battery is already dead.

 

[Turco Chips]

My kit came with 2 batts, so here's what I did....

Charged the 1st one for 20 mins.-->light turned green. Vaped with that batt for about 30 mins while the other charged. Switched 'em out and put the 1st batt back on charge. Vaped with the 2nd batt for 30 mins and then repeated with another swap. Did that thoughout the day each time increasing charge time by 15 mins or so. Charged on overnight and hooked it up to my atty this morning. ...going on 4 hours of vapiong now!


TC

 

[BobbiBilbo]

The guy i bought the 510 from said that the battery needs an initial charge of 8 hours. When i plug it into the charger the light turns green only after 2 hours. I am confused, Should i continue to charge the battery for 8 hours, or if the light turns green than i should just take it out?

He is recommending to you a "first use / conditioning" for your new batteries. Here's the guideline I routinely follow with new batteries:

Charging - First Use (conditioning)
1. Charge battery until charger LED turns green.
2. Leave battery in charger for an additional 4 hours.
3. Use battery to take 10-12 draws from electronic cigarette.
4. Place battery in charger for 1 more hour.
5. Battery is now ready to use as normal. There is no need to
fully discharge or fully recharge batteries after initial conditioning

 

[RobertY]

That is about what I do also. BUT sometimes you do not get a pre charged battery. If the light does not turn green shortly I do a charge for the full 8 hours. Then I will start at step 3 and go on from there.

He is recommending to you a "first use / conditioning" for your new batteries. Here's the guideline I routinely follow with new batteries:

Charging - First Use (conditioning)
1. Charge battery until charger LED turns green.
2. Leave battery in charger for an additional 4 hours.
3. Use battery to take 10-12 draws from electronic cigarette.
4. Place battery in charger for 1 more hour.
5. Battery is now ready to use as normal. There is no need to
fully discharge or fully recharge batteries after initial conditioning

 

[TitanUser]

He is recommending to you a "first use / conditioning" for your new batteries. Here's the guideline I routinely follow with new batteries:

Charging - First Use (conditioning)
1. Charge battery until charger LED turns green.
2. Leave battery in charger for an additional 4 hours.
3. Use battery to take 10-12 draws from electronic cigarette.
4. Place battery in charger for 1 more hour.
5. Battery is now ready to use as normal. There is no need to
fully discharge or fully recharge batteries after initial conditioning

Excellent, will use that for future batteries

 

[Liscab]

what you see in the first charge is a faked charged battery from the construction of the battery, you need the first 8 hours I have been doing that and my batteries are now 5 month old and more than 500 charges.I never stop vap' one charge last me less than a hour

 

[MaGicBush]

Agree~ A noob question

How long would u guys batt last for?


My batteries seems to last most of the day for me, I have 2 and take it to work using the manual battery. That one will last for my whole shift(8 hours, with 15 minute breaks every 2 hours vaping while on the breaks). Then when I get home it seems to last another few hours, smoking a few draws every hour. Grant it I don't vape much since I just quit cigs and only smoked about half a pack a day. Then I just swap out and use my auto battery till I goto bed at night, charging the auto overnight and the manual while using the auto.. got a little routine down lol. I just got my first 510 about 4-5 days ago, and it's great! A cart will also last me a whole day fully filled .

I plan to soon buy a USB passthrough so I don't have to use the batteries at home.

Off-topic the forum kept saying I am not allowed to post URLS to other sites, but have no URL in my post? I had to remove the quote tags lol..

 

[Liscab]

a 14500 has never gone beyon 6 hours for me, I suck like hell my 510

 

[the86d]

"Typically, the charge is terminated at 7% of the initial charge current. In the past, lithium-ion batteries could not be fast-charged and typically needed at least two hours to fully charge. Current-generation cells can be fully charged in 45 minutes or less; some lithium-ion varieties can reach 90% in as little as 10 minutes." - Lithium-ion battery - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium-ion_battery#cite_note-40
Some people do not know how Lithium Ion batteries work.

Most people use the OLD way of charging NIMH cell phone batts. 8 hours is for the init charge on NIMH batts, and irrelevant for Lithium Ion.

Lithium Ion batteries have multiple stages of charging so they do not leak/explode. The charger will adapt per the charge the battery needs.

Lithium ion batteries are charged before storage/shipment at least 40% to keep the batteries in working condition for longer storage. These 20-45 minute initial charge is due to an overcharge for storage, but you should give them a full charge before use, not 8 hours.

If you never let your cell phone drop below 7-15% charge, the battery will even last 6 months longer (although not like it was new, just not 4 hours of standby and then dead).