While I wasn’t home, my pops took my Kronos SS/Cu X6 with a Samsung 30Q to his farm and used it on the highest mode the whole night.
When I got it back and checked the voltage with the built in voltage mode, it read 3.1v.
Did that damage the cell in any way? Is the capacity less now? Should I toss it? I read that you shouldn’t take it lower than 3.5v.
On a related note, my dad has his own X6 on order now. He was amazed. He’ll be using protected cells though.
You can pretty much take them down to 2.8V or even somewhat lower without worrying too much about it. Not that I recommend that. 3.1V is above almost all low voltage protection thresholds in lights anyway.
The cell should be fine. You may have lost a few potential charge cycles at worst. Glad to hear Dad is getting protected cells! You may have to explain how to reset them if all-nighters are his usual fare.
Phil
Was it left on after it was low or did he turn it off once the light output was depleted?
I’m sure it’s fine. The factory discharge spec for that cell is 2.5V. Just charge it back up and put it to good use!
2.5v not 3.5 v
3.6 is what you want to keep them long stored at …yer fine
its fine. 3.1 volts won’t damage it. I have had many cells dip to the 2.7 volts range accidentally and charged up no prob. i have a few Panasonics that i recovered from a laptop pack that measured average between 1.9 to 2.4 volts, all of them charged up with no problems, never even got warm during charging, and all tested at near their rated capacity. ( been using them for over a year now in lanterns & flashlights.