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How long to charge battery
- Thread starter Rique98
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Every battery is different my 18650's take roughly a half hour but when I charge them using the mod port(while staying inside the mod) they take close to an hour. it also depends if they are drained all the way , or still have a bit of a charge on them. Again every battery is different. Hope that helps
Thanks manEvery battery is different my 18650's take roughly a half hour but when I charge them using the mod port(while staying inside the mod) they take close to an hour. it also depends if they are drained all the way , or still have a bit of a charge on them. Again every battery is different. Hope that helps
I charged for half an hour after just getting them fresh outta the box and the charger was gettin hot so I took em out. From here would it be safe to just put both in my sigelei 150w and screw on my Horizon Artic and just let it rip? Just wondering as well, kinda unrelated, how do I know how much watts to run the tank on in comparison to the air holes? Thanks!
The charger and batteries should get warm, but not really hot. When the batteries are charged, like Amanda said, the light goes out. The Nitecore is a decent charger and has protection circuitry to prevent over charging of the batteries.
So lithium ion batteries are charged in two stages.
Stage 1 is constant current, usually between 0.5 and 1 amps.
Stage 2 is constant voltage, held at the cells fully charged voltage, typically 4.2V. This stage lasts until the current into the battery is about 10% of the stage 1 current.
It doesn't make a huge difference in total charge time what current is used in stage 1...higher current makes stage 1 shorter but stage 2 longer.
The better charger ICs on the market disconnect from the battery at the end of stage 2, but do provide a maintenance charge when the cell voltage drops below about 4 volts. This is not harmful to the battery.
The nitecore is a good charger, you can leave your battery on there as long as you want, it won't hurt anything.
Stage 1 is constant current, usually between 0.5 and 1 amps.
Stage 2 is constant voltage, held at the cells fully charged voltage, typically 4.2V. This stage lasts until the current into the battery is about 10% of the stage 1 current.
It doesn't make a huge difference in total charge time what current is used in stage 1...higher current makes stage 1 shorter but stage 2 longer.
The better charger ICs on the market disconnect from the battery at the end of stage 2, but do provide a maintenance charge when the cell voltage drops below about 4 volts. This is not harmful to the battery.
The nitecore is a good charger, you can leave your battery on there as long as you want, it won't hurt anything.