ok i finshed the 4th charge cycle of an used trustfire flame battery, this is another well used battery with the internal resistance of 249 milliohm's but you have to take into account this is a used cell and the resistance of my soldering, the the rare earth magnets, leads and connectors ive used but ill say this one cell ive abused going from the IR as none where that high when i first got them and some cells have had a flogging with my fiddling.
table of the start of the charge cycle
table of the end of the charge cycle
i did opean the draw and disconnected the battery from the charger and ended it early by mistake but as you can see it was pritty close to finishing any way, but going from the data logging tables the batteries do hover around 4.19 for a long time so i could of short charged the total mAh from 5 to 250 mAh so maybe i should not of posted this table, but not to bad realy 2193 mAh from 3.5 volt to 4.2 volt dont you think as thats 0.7 volt to take 2193 mAh.
where did you get them from as reports are the xtar 2600 are around 2400 to under 2500 and the flames are 2200 to under 2500 depending on witch post you read so charger time should be close unless they are fakes.
i to got some dud,s from DX early in the year low mAh and they tripped on high in some of my torches so i pulled the pcb,s off but they where still crap and thats why i buy them from here
I see that the links here are for the 2400 mah TF Flames, Manafont also carries the "3000 mah" Flames. I seem to recall seeing another thread that the "3000" actually put out something like 2600 mah, which still beats the 2400 mah Flames. Am I wrong? Anyone know which thread that was in, as I've tried looking but could not find?
Interesting- I just yesterday got 2 Ultrafire *3600 mah Blacks yesterday -they were available locally by mail and they take much longer to charge than the Ultrafire Blue that shipped with the Torch and charger from Ebay-
Also un-scientific ( and from a novice about all this ) - they also last longer but these have an Ultrafire Name Logo etched into the bottom Negative plate of the battery-not from Ebay. But not as bad as some have said- dealer said they were from the Ultrafire Rep.
I ordered a Redilast 2900mah just to see what a real high capacity, honest rated battery is like- not from Ebay.
eBay is such a gamble hey, I’ve got so many dodgy torch deals off eBay I rather pay a bit more else were, but many people say ebays great… I’m going to get some red list batteries still undecided on 2600, 2900 or back order some 3100, I know you can get the same batteries unprotected cheaper but I like the idea of them being protected
I’ve got some the take 900 mAh out of 2400 mAh and suffer from voltage sag but the protection circuits work well every time so I gave them to my old man
I want to try out those 3000mAh Ultrafire flames but the nearly 12 bucks cost at MF puts me off (I'd rather spend $1.50 and get the XTAR 2600, but then i have over 20pcs of them so i don't think i need more LOL!).
Kaidomain is even better, 16 bucks. :) I can get Panny 3100s for below 20 bucks!
My 8pcs of TF Flames 2400 all tested to be 2200mAh range @ 1A though.... 4 more in transit. :)
It's $13.50 shipped here, no worries on the declaration as i'd imagine the import taxes are super there, "you can buy 6pcs and still won't feel a pinch", drop Serena an email. :) Add $2 for registered but that's not necessary.
They are basically protected Sanyos, with a PCB current limit of ~ 5A. Slightly higher resistance than the unpro Sanyo 2600 due to PCB but not an issue in majority of the usage.
Where did you get the Trustfire 3000mAh flames? They are different in wrapped as compared to the 2400mAhs.
That’s kind of my point but each to there own, I guess they have a bad rep cause of DX and eBay but I’ve tested mine to 5 amp draw and they will do it they are ok for cheapies, I only have 3 single cell lights (ive given 2 away) and 2 are under performers I’ve tested them with a few cheap brands so now I’ll test the with some top shelf batteries if they draw the same there abouts it’s the drivers not the batteries, so then I’ll swap drivers and start the testing again. So I will say these are geat multi cell batteries great for torches that use two or more batteries at once, then once I’ve done more testing I’ll say yes or no to single cell and dd lights others say they are fine and test on my charger say they will give 5 amps and the protection does not trip but I’ll would like to know myself. If that makes sence as right now I know mine take good mAh still for old used batteries and give good run times in my multi cell lights
You mean TF Flames, right? Everything I have read has said that the UF's do not come close to matching their rated capacities. I have only seen one mention of testing the 3000 mah TF FLames. Still looking for it.
