Scored these 4 battery packs at Best Buy a few weeks ago:
Here are the details on them individually:
Lenovo Thinkpad
FRU P/N 45N1027
ASM P/N 45N1026
EU Min 7740mAh
9 orange batteries, UR18650ZT R1122
Other codes on battery: Q26C, QF3ZTBD, 065413
All tested at 4.29v right out of the case! :bigsmile:
Toshiba PA3793U-1BRS
10.8V 4200 mAh
6 green batteries with black tops, CGR18650CE, MH12210
Other markings: A19 LXI, B9808, 949 (or 919) 67P EE9
Made in Japan
2 batteries at 3.78v, 2 at 3.80v and 2 at 3.81v
Dell FK890
11.1V āJapan Cellā
9 Lavender batteries with black tops, CGR18650E, MH12210
Other marking: E7810
3 batteries at 4.05v, 3 at 4.06v and 3 at 4.06v :bigsmile:
Dell Ky265
11.1V
9 Pinkish/Lavender batteries
Samsung ICR 18650-26D SDI 972
3 cells at 0v, 3 at 1.4v and 3 at 2.15v
Wow, awesome pull, you got some nice cells in there kronological.
I will get the 1st post updated.
How tough was the Lenovo battery to open?
I really like the UR18650ZT cells, only have a few of them myself.
Needle Nosed Pliers Wire Cutters Chisel Cheapo Harbor Freight MM 2x Nitecore 2014 i4s 1x HZS-002 1x FT charger Electrical Tape (I was brutal on the shrinks)
I also had 2 of them (another 7 had a friend)
Philips actually have a recall running due to capacity loss before 3 years change cycle!
we measured them between 950 and 1200 mAh ā¦
I noticed in your album link that you are ājump startingā cells that are sitting at voltages too low to charge with your i4.
While that may work to get them to charge, these are NOT like Ni-MH or NiCads and this is NOT a good idea. All that energy that those over discharged cells accept could suddenly and catastrophically be released in a very short time (fire). At the very least, I am sure you have already noticed that those ājump startedā cells have a high self discharge rate. That alone make them of no use, and if they self discharge in a short period of time you have a problem. You should safely discharge those cells and recycle them ASAP.
Besides, you now have many cells and can āaffordā to be selective on which ones you keep. As a rule of thumb, any cell discharged to below around 2.5V is irreversibly damaged and should be recycled.
I opened my 1st laptop battery pack last week, was from my 6yr old abused Dell Inspiron 6400, the battery failed to hold more than 2mins charge around 4yrs ago and has been used from the mains daily with battery attached for last 4yrs.
Inside were 6 x pink samsung ICR18560-26C, all voltages were 3.4v-3.8v, charged them to just under 4.20v and 5 days later they are all around 4.10-4.15v.
Sorry but I forgot to note down the exact battery part before I trashed the plastic casing, I do have some packs coming my way though so will record the details for the thread.