I bought a new DSE901 battery today on its own, do you usually prime yours or do you vape from it straight away
When you buy new batteries do you prime them?
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I keep telling myself I should do the initial charge, but I can't resist puffing on my new toy.
Beat to the punch by c.chalie......
OK....batteries I always do go through the normal first and second charge routine, but I usually only vape mods at 6 & 7.4 Volts and have lots of batteries sitting around, ready for use, so it's not like I'm going to be missing out on anything.
OK....batteries I always do go through the normal first and second charge routine, but I usually only vape mods at 6 & 7.4 Volts and have lots of batteries sitting around, ready for use, so it's not like I'm going to be missing out on anything.
Since I ditched my ego batts and have gone to the vv ego type batt with LCD (ugh, need to update my pic), there was no need to charge first as it shows I could see how much charge it has. *shrug*
i think he means the full charge before use
i would like to say i do it all the time, but sometimes yes, sometimes no... the only test i can refer to is i now use a ton of ego VV batts. i've used some right away and then charged and also done a full charge before using. they all last the same to me...
'Follow' da flashing batt LED. Then know the diff twix the red or green LED on the charger.
moo I feel ya. Although charging a new batt right is good in practice, mine usually get a freshly filled carto treatment as soon as I unwrap it. LET THE GAMES BEGIN!
Personally, I always charge my batteries full when I get them from the mail. Then I go ahead and use them but, that's just me.
Congrats!!
Congrats!!
Priming batteries? That's a new one for me 
If your talking about charging batteries, then yes. Although now that I only use ecigs that have non-propitiatory batteries (like 18650/16340's) I always have one fully charged ready to go so it's of no concern to me anymore.
It is good practice to always have your li-ion batteries fully charged whenever possible, as fully depleting them over and over will lower their lifespan significantly and also introduce possible safely concerns as their maximum voltage charge will begin to drop over time. And this can be a major problem with un-safe chargers that don't recognize this and keep charging past that point (ie most li-ion chargers out there, sadly). If your batteries max voltage is lowered to 4.10v due to over-discharging neglect or improper charging methods, and your charger is pushing it to 4.20v (or beyond, as most li-ion chargers do), then you may end up with a potential rocket propelled pipe-bomb on your hands the next time you try to use it.
So while charging isn't 100% required since li-ion batts usually come pre-charged at around ~3.8v, if you want to get the most life out of them you will charge often, preferably way before they die (ideally when they reach 3.7-3.8v).
If your talking about charging batteries, then yes. Although now that I only use ecigs that have non-propitiatory batteries (like 18650/16340's) I always have one fully charged ready to go so it's of no concern to me anymore.
It is good practice to always have your li-ion batteries fully charged whenever possible, as fully depleting them over and over will lower their lifespan significantly and also introduce possible safely concerns as their maximum voltage charge will begin to drop over time. And this can be a major problem with un-safe chargers that don't recognize this and keep charging past that point (ie most li-ion chargers out there, sadly). If your batteries max voltage is lowered to 4.10v due to over-discharging neglect or improper charging methods, and your charger is pushing it to 4.20v (or beyond, as most li-ion chargers do), then you may end up with a potential rocket propelled pipe-bomb on your hands the next time you try to use it.
So while charging isn't 100% required since li-ion batts usually come pre-charged at around ~3.8v, if you want to get the most life out of them you will charge often, preferably way before they die (ideally when they reach 3.7-3.8v).
I guess the question here is what does the original poster mean by "prime" the battery...
I thought you were referring to the instructions to charge the battery for a full 8 hours prior to using.
Those instructions are wrong, and there is absolutely no reason to do that with the lithium ion batteries that we are using.
You can use them the minute they arrive, and if you charge them you can use them as soon as the light turns green.
But as the previous poster says, lithium ion batteries do like frequent recharges.
I thought you were referring to the instructions to charge the battery for a full 8 hours prior to using.
Those instructions are wrong, and there is absolutely no reason to do that with the lithium ion batteries that we are using.
You can use them the minute they arrive, and if you charge them you can use them as soon as the light turns green.
But as the previous poster says, lithium ion batteries do like frequent recharges.
If I'm not mistaken, this was something that was required of older styles of batteries like ni-cads and car batteries and what not. It was common practice back then as those batteries required it. But because it was something that was so commonplace, people are trying to carry it over to the newer style of batteries that don't require it. I guess this would be like pumping the gas pedal on your fuel injected car to start it. With the older cars, you sometimes had to pump the car before you started it. With newer cars, sure, you can pump it before you start it, but it won't do you any good
Good info above.
In addition, you should keep lithium style batteries away from any heat sources such as being left in your car or left next to a window in the sun. Repeated exposure to heat can ruin a battery faster than frequent discharges.
If you can consistently recharge your battery when it gets to between 50% to 75% discharged, it will give you many more hours of use over the life of the product (as opposed to fully discharging and then recharging).
For facts about getting max performance out of your your lithium style batteries see the following link: How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries - Battery University PS: The meat & gravy of the article begins about 2 paragraphs after the first line graph
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