BLF Community Battery Pulls Overview Thread (Laptop packs and Tool Packs)

Sorta like the picture of the BigMac and what it is you actually get!

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 :slight_smile:


Dell FK890
11.1V ā€œJapan 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 :frowning:

Are the last 3 salvageable 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.

The lenovo was not that badā€¦maybe a little tougher than the others.

The nightmare pack was an HP pack that I tore apart awhile backā€¦sheez!

Ohā€¦and are the CGR batteries Panasonic?

Yea HP packs are a bear and the CG18650E are Panasonicā€™s

I think you mean V instead of mAh. :wink:

Derā€¦my bad.

Corrected.

I joined late last week so I could post this harvest album; Only now do I decide to post it :P

Notes on opening packs/VDCs in the descriptions for the images. Image thumbnail is a link, otherwise here

Batteries (Not in Order):

DELL branded C6017 (14.8v 4800mAh 71Wh) --> 8x Samsung ICR18650-24E
HP branded 416996-163 (14.4v 63Wh) --> 8x Sony US18650GR
DELL branded JKVC5 (11.1v 48Wh) --> 6x LG LGDAS31865
Generic HP (Barcode: HP8028LH121105070048; Warranty Sticker: 00761E07B) [14.4v 5200mAh] --> 12x Lishen LR1865AH
Sony branded VGP-BPL2 (11.1v 7200mAh) --> 9x Sanyo UR18650P
Generic HP (Warranty Sticker: 00761D14B) [14.4v 7800mAh] --> 8x Lishen LR1865SF


Tools Used:

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 am interested in what cells these batteries produced. Thanks for the post.

The thumbnail image is a link ;)

2004 Toshiba laptop.

18650 cells

Battery Pack: PA3382U-1BAS
DC 14.8V - 6450mAh
12 Sony US18650GR 2150mAh Green with Black washer

6 cells read 0V, 3 cells read 1.50V, 3 cells read 2.60V



2004 Toshiba laptop.

17670 cells

Battery Pack: PA3481U-1BAS
DC 10.8V ā€“ 1200mAh
6 Sony US17670GR 2150mAh Green with Black washer

5 cells read 1.50V, 1 cell reads 2.70V



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€¦

into the bin!

Album Link

IBM branded 92P1011/1062 (10.8v 4400mAh) --> 6x Sony SF US18650GR
Lenovo branded 42T5229/5230 (10.8/14.4v 5200mAh) --> 7x Sanyo UR18650FM
IBM branded 08K8193/92P1064 (10.8v 4400mAh) --> 6x unmarked Sanyo UR18650FJ

I noticed in your album link that you are ā€œjump 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 ā€œjump 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 ā€œaffordā€ 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.

thanks great info in here

Will take that into account; I've had SOME luck with quality cells, but I don't want to push it.

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.

Thanks guys, I have been really busy lately and will get things updated soon.

Dewalt 4.0 Ah 18 V packs contain 10 pieces of Samsung 20R batteries (green color) 2000mAh.