Hi,
Been thinking about it more…
Remember that these are suppose to be NEW batteries, as in “never used”. From their condition and packing when I got it, I now believe that these were actually “new”.
Then, if they are actually new, and thinking about what laptop mfrs recommendations are for a new laptop would be, which is, I believe, to charge up the laptop to full, a couple of times, I think that it may make sense what I had to do. I think that these batteries were actually new, and only charged to a “storage” level, which is what ALL of them were at almost exactly the same voltage, i.e., ~1.9V, and that the “correct” thing, in retrospect, would be to treat them like batteries in a new laptop, i.e., fully charge, then discharge, etc.
I know that that’s what I’ve been told for LAPTOPS, so you’re right, that it is strange that the advice for flashlight batteries would be different? If I had followed that advice, I would’ve already tossed all 12 of the batteries already :(!!
Maybe, the situation is different between “new” batteries that are at low (~1.9V) level vs. “OLD” batteries that have been previously used for awhile, and maybe a long while?
I don’t know the answer to that, but, for now, I will probably go through the same procedure that I described earlier, i.e., fully charge on the Accucel, do a discharge, and then charge again, possibly several times (I think that I’ve seen some pages that said, to do the discharge-charge cycle for maybe 10 times for laptops). Also, I will make sure to monitor the process closely, as I did last night, for the battery temperature, etc.
Anyway, as I said, I’m not recommending any of this, but just reporting what I did, the results thus far, and what I’m planning to do, so take all of this “with a grain of salt”.
Later,
Jim