Just got this battery from SFsales today. It seems that the battery, or at least the control board has been used. It came charged to 4.13V. I have never had a new battery come with contact spring marks before. You can see, in real life maybe not my crappy picture, that it is a circular mark just like all batteries get when screwed into a light a few times. Im not going to complain about it but Im just curious about it. Maybe the board was taken from a bad battery? Some testing procedure?
First they send damaged lights with nicks and dents and now used batteries as new? Tsk tsk, Solarfarce...
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you paid full price ?
ya send them a nasty gram see what they say
Yes, I did pay full price for a new battery. I sent them an email just to see what they say.
Drop them an email and see what they say. I hope SolarForce tighten up their parts QC before sending it to buyers. It just give them a bad name each time someone received a bad or recycle part.
My 18650s and RCR123A came today, no machining marks. You bought in odd numbers?
I spoke too soon, in my batch of batteries and L2 / drop ins, they missed out 1 unit of RCR123A. Also one of the RCR123A measured 0.0V. Luckily I make it a point to practise safe Li-ion practices.
BTW it is not safe to even try charging up the 0V li-ion right?
It depends.. On protected battery the circuit cut-off when the voltage is too low so you can have a battery at 2,7 V but you read 0 v on your DMM. You can try to charge it for some minutes and see if you have voltage reading.
PS. Update on my case, they made good by sending 2 pcs of replacement RCR123A to me, anyway I made a new order today for a L2 and 2pcs of 18650 so they can tag along the shipment. Good cust service! I shall shop with confidence with them.