I see one of the “tips” in the SV2 Rocket manual is to manually reduce the charge rate from 2A to 0.50A when the battery is “almost full”. I suppose this gives a more accurate termination point?
Reading the translation is half the fun of getting new Chinese product! The instructions don’t say you have to reduce the charge rate, it is automatic, but reducing it is a “tip”. Otherwise the instructions seem common to other charging practices. I’m pretty new to this and needed a faster charger for the 26650s in a couple of new lights I bought and I found the SV2 on sale. :money_mouth_face:
They’re all the same, made in the same factory. Sanyo has been a subsidiary of Panasonic since 2009. Sometimes they put Panasonic logo on the product and sometimes they put Sanyo logo, but it’s essentially the same product beneath the label.
:+1: Those are the ones! It doesn’t mean that the cell has internal protection, but a lack of them would indicate that it does not.
If you are using these in a light that draws 3 amps or more, you will certainly benefit from a better cell such as panasonic sanyo samsung sony lg.
Better meaning higher voltage under load, higher capacity, higher amp capability, lower internal resistance, resulting in more lumens.
If you were around the corner I could test it for you. Thats not much help to you now though. It sounds like you have nailed it down that they are legit anyway.
Yes those look real to me. Mine have the qr code and that blue ring.
On a side note havnt heard about and fake sanyo ga cells. Its usually your popular vaping cells that get faked. Hg2/vtc series/30q 30q is faked the least out of the bunch. Hg2 is very common
Stick with trusted sources. I know y’all get raped on cell prices down under. Look into getting a analyzing charger. Like a opus bt3100 or liitokala li500. Li500 can be had around 20 shipped usually. On either charger can do a charge/discharge function and get capacity of the batteries. Its accurate enough to tell if the cells are legit. There is a margin of error probably around 5% but comes in very handy. Can track the life of the cells especially once they get a couple hundred cycles on them. Or if you ever get into harvesting tool packs/laptop batteries.
Like now I’m going through 70batteties from the recycle bin. Out of 50 so far 12 are shorted out the others test right at original capacity. The real bummer is only 1300mah but 26 amp cells so. I have years worth of vaping cells now. And hurricane back up cells. On low modes will still last hours. Just not long on high and turbo. The smaller tool packs 18-24volt have the good higher capacity cells in them. The 40volt ryobi packs suck. I don’t know if I’d take them again out the bin. If I did I’d probably give the cells away to someone who needs them