Sorry, but that looks dangerous as all hell.....you don't need a magnet on the end battery for the tailcap........at least I never have. For the TR-J12 I put 3 King Kongs together and placed a 8mm x 1mm magnet in between the 3 cells, thus I only need 2 magnets and tape those 2 joints.
Current climbed up to 2A, where I have it set to max to keep C<1. Waiting for Vbatt to climb....
Heres something strange... Charger tops out at 4.2V like it should (which seems suspicious so early on in the charge cycle), but my Fluke only reads 3.97V. Anyone know whats going on here? Its never done this before with Panasonic 18650 cells. Usually the charger is a little off from the meter... but not way off. **EDIT** just figured it out... loose contact between the meter and cell. fixed without incident.
I discharged the cell from 4.20-3.15V, at 1A and got 3689 mah.
Battery space 3600 LiNiCoMn Cell#2 result:
I discharged the cell from 4.20-3.15V, at 1A and got 3720 mah.
Battery space 3600 LiNiCoMn Cell#3 result:
I discharged the cell from 4.20-3.15V, at 1A and got 3633 mah.
I couldn't resist, before discharge testing it I loaded up cell #3 and took a current measurement in the direct drive HD2010... Not bad at 5.45A, I didn't test it for very long though, maybe a minute or two.
These are the 3600mAh cells - that reading on the first discharge cycle, it could conceivably improve after several correct? Nice to see someone selling batteries with honest capacity.
Thanks for the info, kramer. I'll refer to this in the OP.
I don't think those Keygos cells I posted have protection. Site says they do, picture tells a different story. Maybe you should put a small disclaimer next to the listing.
Just a quick tip on the battery space 3600 LiNiCoMn. Since the +B is so big, flat almost looks like the -B (and I was bored waiting for the discharge capacity test), I got a little creative with the sharpie pens. Safety first!!
Yes, out of stock, and the 3500 as well. I talked to Hank and he said he did not know if he would be stocking these again. I have read elswhere (CPF, I think) that the manufacturer is not going to be producing anymore of these cells, which is a shame.
I just found Hi-Max branded protected 26650's from the same Ebay seller who carries the Hi-Max 18650's. Pretty steep at $27.50 + $7.00 shipping! Link here.
Thanks for the link, Garry. A quick Google search for Hi-Max Electronics and they do not show 26650 as one of their battery offerings, but their website could be out of date if these are relatively new. However, I have a source for H-Max, I'm going to check to see if these are indeed legit.
EDIT: Confirmed with Shane at Protacticalshop19 that Hi-Max does have these and the ones sold by pingyi.co.ltd are indeed real. I'll update the OP to reflect these in the Protected section. Shane also confirmed they use a Samsung core.