Recharging 14500 in a 18650 charger

Squidboy · Sep 22, 2009

I have been looking at getting one of these http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.6105 as I can get one in the UK. However appart from charging 18650s I have now got a Jetbeam Jet-1 pro v3 and I'm itching to try a 14500 in it. Will I be able to recharge an 14500 in the sku.6105 if I use a spacer, and is that a safe and advisable thing to do.

The problem I have is that in the UK you either get a generic like the sku.6105 or you get a Trustfire 139. Concidering its not going to get heavy heavy use is the Trustfire 139 OK

Any way your opinions greatfully received

Oddjob · Sep 22, 2009

Depends on the charge current. If it charges high at around 1 amp then that would be too much. For smaller cells it should be around 400 to 500 mA IIRC.

rizky_p · Sep 22, 2009

no it is not safe to charge 14500 using SKU 6105 as you can see in one of the photos it says 1A*2 which means each channel get 1A charging so it is too much for 14500.

fishx65 · Sep 22, 2009

This charger is working great for my 18650's. What about RCR123's?

Black Rose · Sep 22, 2009

fishx65 said:
This charger is working great for my 18650's. What about RCR123's?

The charge current is too high for 16340 cells.

Squidboy · Sep 23, 2009

Thanks for the answers folks, too high a charge rate . So I will have a look round for a 14500 charger.

Thanks

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