Faceman696
Newly Enlightened
About a week ago, I ordered a Panasonic NCR18650B (flat-top, unprotected) from IMRbatteries.com
After receiving it yesterday (I do not know how long it sat in the mailbox, but it was not hot when I removed it), I charged it using my Xtar VC4 (initially it registered 3.8v, and it topped off after 1500mAh, if that means anything). I waited about 20 minutes after charging before using it inside my Thrunite TN12 (newest version, XPL-NW)
After only one night and barely any use, I opened it up to find my battery looking like this:
(Sorry, these images are really large)
The positive pole of the battery appears corrupted/burned, there is a tiny amount of liquid substance leaking from from it (it seems to have gotten beneath the wrap as well), and it is emitting an odor.
Does anybody know how this could have happened? I have barely used this battery at all, and I made sure to take care of it while I wasn't using it. It seems likely a totally genuine Japanese-made cell. I believe that this battery cannot be returned, and I want to make sure that this does not happened again.
(Also, this is my first topic, so I am sorry if I did anything wrong)
After receiving it yesterday (I do not know how long it sat in the mailbox, but it was not hot when I removed it), I charged it using my Xtar VC4 (initially it registered 3.8v, and it topped off after 1500mAh, if that means anything). I waited about 20 minutes after charging before using it inside my Thrunite TN12 (newest version, XPL-NW)
After only one night and barely any use, I opened it up to find my battery looking like this:
(Sorry, these images are really large)
The positive pole of the battery appears corrupted/burned, there is a tiny amount of liquid substance leaking from from it (it seems to have gotten beneath the wrap as well), and it is emitting an odor.
Does anybody know how this could have happened? I have barely used this battery at all, and I made sure to take care of it while I wasn't using it. It seems likely a totally genuine Japanese-made cell. I believe that this battery cannot be returned, and I want to make sure that this does not happened again.
(Also, this is my first topic, so I am sorry if I did anything wrong)