Standards for measuring battery times

[Javamon]

I see ecig brands claiming x hours of time per charge.
Exactly what does the x hours mean? X hours of puffing time?

I ask because - I don't think I'm seeing a whole lot of time with the first 2 devices I purchased - CE4, Kanger EVOD.

I know these are low end devices and don't keep up with the mega hardware some of you sport. But, really, even though I'm vaping a whole lot right now, I'm not racking up Multiple Hours of puff time. At least I don't think I am. And I'm charging daily.

Not getting it all yet. ?

 

[State O' Flux]

Regardless of what you use, all vaping power supplies have a mAh rating, a volt or watt output value... and all atomizers have a resistance value. Those are all you need to get a puff count or run time.

With those three numbers, you can visit "Steam Engine" (link in sigline) and use the "Battery Drain" calculator... which will provide run times for just about any common power supply.

• Click "Regulated" for your PV type then insert your atomizers resistance in the box provided.
• Then, either Voltage or Wattage as your "Regulation Mode" type...
• Insert your actual power delivery value (setting) into the box provided...
• Finally... go to the upper right corner and insert your device mAh capacity.

Click the page to generate the programe and from there... the calculator will provide a estimated continuous run time and a five second puff count.
Take longer or shorter draws than 5 seconds? Simply adjust the puff count to reflect this. 10 second draws = half the count or less while short sub-5 second draws may increase the count by a third or half.

 

[Train2]

VERY complete reply above.
Also though - if you're getting through a day, and charging daily - it doesn't matter!!
There is NO benefit in running a battery all the way down. It's FINE for the battery to be charged partially and more frequently.
So whatever Mah you have now, with that type of device, sounds like "enough" for you...

Vendors claiming "hours of vaping" are using some simple formula like 100 Mah = 1 hour. It's VERY VERY vague and inaccurate, as everybody vapes differently...

I see ecig brands claiming x hours of time per charge.
Exactly what does the x hours mean? X hours of puffing time?

I ask because - I don't think I'm seeing a whole lot of time with the first 2 devices I purchased - CE4, Kanger EVOD.

I know these are low end devices and don't keep up with the mega hardware some of you sport. But, really, even though I'm vaping a whole lot right now, I'm not racking up Multiple Hours of puff time. At least I don't think I am. And I'm charging daily.

Not getting it all yet. ?

 

[Javamon]

Thank you both. Very helpful.

Train2 - is there really no benefit to running a battery all the way down? I have read at least in the beginning you should, and then later it might be less important.
In the laptop world, the battery has a longer life running it mostly down before plugging it back in.

 

[State O' Flux]

Thank you both. Very helpful.

Train2 - is there really no benefit to running a battery all the way down? I have read at least in the beginning you should, and then later it might be less important.
In the laptop world, the battery has a longer life running it mostly down before plugging it back in.

Regulated APVs with volt or watt output regulation, will shut off of their own accord when they reach a preset pre-determined value. You may recognize this as the vape becoming weak... then not working at all. There may be more power available, but the regulation has determined the battery is weak enough that a charge is required.

With an unregulated mod, a slowly developing, weak performance is your only tip-off... with a regulated mod where the output is boosted, the loss of performance will occur rather abruptly, as the regulator drains the last bit of available (as determined by it's programing) capacity from it's battery.

I wouldn't get too concerned about it. You should have more than one battery device, so that you can rotate through them as needed. If the device you use while "out and about" runs out of power before you can charge it... have a second device at the ready, or start buying larger mAh capacity PVs.

 

[Train2]

Not my field of expertise, but repeating what I've read posted by people who I believe ARE battery experts - that the type of batteries we use in vaping do NOT have any kind of "memory" - and that their lifespan, if anything, may be slightly extended by charging from partly depleted, but more often - instead of running them all the way down before recharging...

Thank you both. Very helpful.

Train2 - is there really no benefit to running a battery all the way down? I have read at least in the beginning you should, and then later it might be less important.
In the laptop world, the battery has a longer life running it mostly down before plugging it back in.

 

[Javamon]

Thanks much.