trustfire flames 14500 only charged to 4.11v. i just charged a pair on a WP2, so far one is already done, green light, at 4.11v, so i stuck it back in the charger, but then the light just went green, do i have a bad cell?
edit* other one just finished charging and reading 4.18, hmmm, maybe i will cycle the bad one a few times and see if it improves
i just purchased 2 and both charged to 4.28-4.29. Could very well be the charger ? These are the my first TF Flames ( btw- Not crazy about flames on my batteries, lol) they both have a small hologram..Do you see them? Mine could be fake holograms but i trust my source... If they are legit cells the run both cells down as close as you can get them and charge them again. You should see some better results although this only works a with brand new cells that haven't been charged completely..
i got these from manafont, so source wise it should be genuine, it had the hologram stickers with the scratch off stuff on the shrink warp, and has the sparkly/ holographic trustfire writing on the cells
Are they overcharged? Whats the highest or optimum voltage? Im charging
and discharging on a hobby grade charger at 4.18 –4.22V these still have some room.
It is just over the limit, the charge voltage for many LiIon is specified as 4.20 volt +/- 0.05 volt (or +/- 1%). When charging is finished the voltage will always drop a bit, i.e. a cell with 4.25 volt was charged with more than 4.25 volt!
If measured with a DMM that can only show 4.xx volt, the tolerance on the DMM is to large to really say if it is overcharged or not.
@Jerrycobra: That might be the reason for your low voltage. 500mA is too much for a standard LiIon cell with a claimed capacity of 900mAh (probably more like 700) so you should either get a charger that charges with less current or charge the cells in parallel (cells have to be at the same voltage before connecting in parallel).