510t initial charge time?

[kingofswords]

just got my 510t through post(yipee) and thought that i read i should do 8hrs charge first time i charge each battery...is this true?

[netty]

Hi James,just replied to your PM.The batts will have some charge in the m.It shouldnt take 8hours to fully charge,thats just a suggestion,the red light will turn green when its fully chargrd.You should be able to use one of them beore they run out,excuse migrane speech,not sure im making any sense,lol.
NNN xx

[kingofswords]

hi netty yeh thats what i thought but read it was to optomises the battery or somthing(i dont have a clue) but i plugged it in 3 mins ago and its already turned from red to green so maybe is was charged in factory?
it says in booklet interupting charge will shorten battery so life scared to take out now lol plus i read ppl saying somtimes charger is ggoes green even without being charged.

[Chrissie]

As soon as the light turns green, it stops charging.

E-cig batteries don't have any memory so it shouldn't do them any harm to use them even when they have not been fully charged.

[jerryrm]

When I was using 510 bats, I charged some for 8 hours and some I didn't. It didn't seem to make any difference in the battery life, either way.

[kingofswords]

well it stone cold(batt when plugged in charger) so im guessing nothings going on. my phone normally gets a little warm whilst charging. oh well ill give it ago .thx for advice everyone.

[dave]

Hi kingofswords I got my first Riva 510 kit today too and my instructions also said charge for 8 hours. I got fed up after about 6 and decided to take Chrissie's advice and go ahead - the light was green and indeed had been after about the first 20 minutes.

Anyway, I can reassure you that it is working fine. My instructions also said use for 20 minutes and then charge for another 3 hours and I think I will ignore that as well

[Sandra (aka Chillax)]

Sometimes you just gotta go for it :-)

[kingofswords]

alrite dave, yeh just got and ran the 1st battery down so got the second one out of the charger only after 6hrs....sure its fine, its either that or pop to the shop for analogues.

[Perpetua]

It'll be fine King, you won't have to pop to the shops.

[dave]

My battery is still going fine after two days so you should be OK

[warlordxxx - (Mark)]

Li-Ion batteries on any device (includes phones mp3's etc) don't need an 8 hour charge when you first get them - it's a flood back to the days when a different battery (nim-h i think) was used to power them all - those suffered from the battery memory that Chrissie posted - Li-Ions don't suffer from the same issues so there's no need to worry about charging for 8 hours or leaving it on for as long as possible - once the light is green pop that sucker off and vape like crazy - oh and don't worry about them running flat as the cutoff is there to prevent it (again that's to protect the battery)