hello all

[foxy9212]

Greetings Liam, well done - glad you're enjoying your vaping.

Fox

[Gordy]

Hi and welcome liam.... attys life does seem to be dependent on juice ...the darker juice tends to cake them up

[VE Jason]

Hello MrBounce and welcome

[mrbounce]

just a little battery charging question, riva battery, how long to charge from flat as i want to get 8hrs out of it.
i notice the green charged light coming on after maybe 1/2 hour
is this normal liam

[jimmybat]

the light will come one before it is fully charged normally leave it as long as i can before use

james

[Chrissie]

James, I always thought that when the green light comes on the charger stops charging?

Liam, is it a new battery that you haven't used before? If so, they come with a factory charge.

[foxy9212]

Every battery I've ever had says to put on charge for eight hours but with the 'minis', because there's a factory charge already in them, they won't charge at all until I run them flat. They then charge for the normal hour or two. The Tornado/Riva/eGo type batteries don't have this problem as they can be topped up. I generally put them on the charger and leave them for a while just in case they 'trickle charge' for a while but, as Chrissie says, I'm pretty sure that when the light is green, they are done.

Fox

[jimmybat]

just have had experiance that the batter dont really las as long is i take it off of charge when it first turns green but i will imagine difrent equipment works difrently AND I am always happy to be proved wrong hehe it will not be the first time lmfao

james

[mrbounce]

Chrissie, its not a new battery , maybe i got them mixed up.
i will see how long the green indicator take to come on.

liam

[Chrissie]

Hope others will come along & join in with this discussion

All that I'm going to add is that Lithium-ion batteries don't have any memory & do not need to be fully charged; a partial charge is better. It's also best to recharge them before they are fully drained.

[VE Jason]

It should take at least a couple of hours to charge a Riva battery from flat (3-4 with some chargers).

Check the contacts are very clean on the battery and charger to make sure it's getting a good connection.

[domesticextremist]

Nov 27, 2011 20:19:34 GMT Chrissie said:

Hope others will come along & join in with this discussion

All that I'm going to add is that Lithium-ion batteries don't have any memory & do not need to be fully charged; a partial charge is better. It's also best to recharge them before they are fully drained.

Well, I don't recharge mine until the light flashes, only slightly before that does the performance noticeably drop off.

My Riva charger seems to always charge for precisely 3 hours, if I detach and reattach the battery,
the light goes red again, and it starts another charge cycle - I haven't left it on to see how much more charge it will take after that though.

My theory is that it is a simple timer, but I would like more info too.

[foxy9212]

Nov 28, 2011 0:05:15 GMT domesticextremist said:

Well, I don't recharge mine until the light flashes, only slightly before that does the performance noticeably drop off.

My Riva charger seems to always charge for precisely 3 hours, if I detach and reattach the battery,
the light goes red again, and it starts another charge cycle - I haven't left it on to see how much more charge it will take after that though.
My theory is that it is a simple timer, but I would like more info too.

That's curious as my Rivas just turn straight to green if they're fully charged and don't turn red again until I've used them. The two batteries I have presently, hold their charge for a very long time when not in use.

Fox

[Gordy]

i believe chargers work on turning off when the battery they are charging output a certain preset level

[domesticextremist]

Just tried the experiment again, turned green
after 10 mins on the second charge.
So yeah, wot Gordy said, probably