sudden drop in battery life: Ego PT

[RedDeath5]

i bought it at the end of November from Kalamazoovaporshop and it's been working stupendously until last sunday. i went out of town and had a long drive home and wound up killing the battery for the first time. it took around 14 hours off the charger to finally give up. prior to that, i had yet to drain the battery, even vaping all day at work. since then, with no change in habits o anything else, the battery's barely lasting 8 hours on a full charge. is it on it's way out?

 

[grandmato5]

What mah is your battery? If it's the 650 mah PT the 8 hrs is well within normal.

 

[RedDeath5]

i think that's what it is. i just found it strange that it just now decided that 8 hours is quite enough.

 

[JonnyVapΣ]

It's hard to measure battery life in terms of time when it comes to PVs since we're all different.
Example: I could puff on a regular 510 3 times a day. It would last over a week.
A better (and easy) determination is to measure how much juice you're able to get through a charge.
Example: I can vape through roughly 7-8ml of juice on my ProVari using a 1600mAh 18650 battery. This 18650 battery, which people often say will last for days, lasts me just under one day.

 

[Switched]

Bang on Johnny! I use to say 1-1.5hr for every 100mAh for the average vaper. But a better indicator is the amount of liquid one vapes. Not just in battery duration, but also equipment (cartos for example)


@RD

The eGO PT is a 650mAh batt and yes when they are new seem to last longer (first couple of times). IIRC the first time I got close to 12hrs with a fresh batt and then roughly 6-8hrs. 6-8 hrs is the norm for most people.

 

[RedDeath5]

up till now, i've been averaging roughly 14 hours per charge...now it's almost 8 exactly.