sgt253
Enlightened
I gifted a light and charger to my brother. He purchased two (2) brand new Samsung 30Q batteries. Placed them in the DSD cradle charger. He reports," just plugged it in and charger smoked and batteries got super hot!" I replied to him that I think he placed batteries in backwards (reverse polarity). I told him to throw away the charger. I further told him I would check on the batteries. Use voltmeter/multimeter to check voltage. I planned on putting them in my XTAR VP2 to check for damage. I am debating whether to just can the batteries and buy fresh. I am buying him a quality charger. I gave him the DSD to get "up and running". Maybe I should not have, but thought it safe given the 350 ma charging to the cells. Any thoughts are most welcomed.:thinking: