X2 Charge Time

[LKnives]

Well, the battery finally wore down so I popped on the charger this morning at (roughly) 8 or 9 am and here I am at 5:10 pm and the blue light is still lit.

Is this normal for the 1300mAh or is it not getting enough juice to charge properly off my laptop?

 

[paddymx]

Well, the battery finally wore down so I popped on the charger this morning at (roughly) 8 or 9 am and here I am at 5:10 pm and the blue light is still lit.

Is this normal for the 1300mAh or is it not getting enough juice to charge properly off my laptop?

I had a similar experience with my first 1300. Seemed like the first charge took forever. Make sure you are using the 1.5 amp wall unit. The charger for the smaller batteries is .5 amp. That might be the problem. Otherwise ride it out till tomorrow then call CS.

 

[Stormlark]

My X2's take forever to charge on USB ports and especially my laptop. I mean 8 hours or more and I don't even drain them completely before charging. I recently purchased the 1.5A wall adapter and it's really shocking how much faster the X2's charge on it. I didn't even get it for that purpose, I just wanted to be able to charge my equipment without turning on the computer.

 

[LKnives]

What I am hearing is I should get the 1.5a wall adapter from SI. Which is fine, I was thinking about getting it anyways.

 

[bluecat]

Yeah the 1.5 from SI is the way to go. I think I read some other thread of people trying to charge off of
f a port and using the .5 wall charger and it taking forever.

I use the 1.5 wall charger and it takes 6 to 7 hours to charge the big boy 1300. An hour less for the 900 and another hour less forthe 650.

 

[LKnives]

I'm moving up to the 12 hour marker. But, this is what Labour Day Sales are for anyways.

 

[Konstantine]

Your laptop's usb bus can handle up to 500mA according to specifications. That means you can "take" 500mA from one port, 250mA from two ports etc. In many cases the laptop is not able to supply 500mA on the port or even at all ports that is why it charges slowly.
You can use a 500mA-1500mA wall adapter for faster charging times.

 

[1st Officer]

Yup, the computer will take at least 8 hours which is why I got the 1.5 amp from SI. Steel Jan's video put me on to that because not only will it charge the 1300 in about 4 hours you can use it as a passthrough while it's charging. Bonus!

 

[awsum140]

I recently had an experience with an X2-650 that was still indicating it was charging after over 12 hours on a 1.5 amp wall charger. The battery had no appreciable charge on it after all that time. The wall charger did charge a 78mm with no problem, then charged another X2-650 with no problem, so I assumed (that great word) the battery was toast and opened a ticket with SI. Just as a double check, I plugged it back into the same wall charger with the same cable and it charged fully in about three hours. Guess it was an anomaly because it's continued to operate normally. Closed the ticket with SI and all is well once more. I know any USB device that supplies up to 1.5 amps will work, but for some reason I can't explain, I'm using SI wall adapters exclusively with my SI products. Maybe it's brand loyalty or something.

 

[Trainguy059]

A couple of days ago, I received 2 X2-650 auto batteries and have a charging time question. I'm using the Volt 1.5A wall charger and cables included with the batteries. Both batteries are averaging 5-6 hours to charge which seems excessive. What kind of charge times are others seeing for the 650's?

 

[betaalex]

3h and 5min for my 650mah auto.

 

[mudhill]

my 650's never take more then 4 hrs. to charge,i can't be exact,because i can't stand to wait for water to boil.

Larry

 

[Trainguy059]

That's in line with what SI says on their website. I'm beginning to think I've got a bum charger? Guess I'll try it off my USB hub and see what I get.

3h and 5min for my 650mah auto.

 

[betaalex]

it has nothing to do with charger. These batteries are "smart" and decide themselves how much current to draw during charging. But from what I read here it seems that ~half of X2s have their rapid charge circuitry messed up (my 900mAh seems to be one of them as it take much longer to charge.) But other than charging time being longer this doesn't seem to affect performance of X2s.

 

[Trainguy059]

I see. So the X2's may be the culprits. I can't complain about battery life at all. It's just the charge time. Good thing I have two of them LOL. Thanks for the info.

it has nothing to do with charger. These batteries are "smart" and decide themselves how much current to draw during charging. But from what I read here it seems that ~half of X2s have their rapid charge circuitry messed up (my 900mAh seems to be one of them as it take much longer to charge.) But other than charging time being longer this doesn't seem to affect performance of X2s.

 

[betaalex]

Yes, I'm pretty sure that it's X2s. Simple math suggests that even 0.5A charger (or conmputer USB port) should be more than enough to charge 650mAh in 3 hours. Actually I am using 0.7A charger cell phone charger.

 

[mudhill]

have you tried to vape with them and then recharge them to see if it was a one time fluke.

i have a purple auto 650 that acted goofy on me when i first got it and even made a ticket on it,but when i went to recharge it,,it seemed to take a charge and has worked great ever since.


Larry

 

[1st Officer]

I have 3- X2 1300s (until my new Labor day purchase gets here) and they all charge in 4 to 5 hours on the 1.5 amp, 2 hours in the car, on the Computer USB you need a calendar not a clock and being the impatient type I haven't a clue but I do know it's longer than I sleep.

 

[Trainguy059]

Oh, yeah. I'm trying to kick the analogs and have been power vaping like crazy. I think I'm on the second recharge for both batteries and both have the 5-6 hour recharge time. Come to think of it though, I don't know that either battery was fully discharged before I put them on the charger. If the LED was flashing, I'd never see it because I leave the cap on except for charging. However, I would think a partial discharge would decrease the charge time not increase it.

have you tried to vape with them and then recharge them to see if it was a one time fluke.

i have a purple auto 650 that acted goofy on me when i first got it and even made a ticket on it,but when i went to recharge it,,it seemed to take a charge and has worked great ever since.


Larry

 

[mudhill]

you would know if they were completely discharged,you would not get any vapor at all.

Larry