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By way of background, I have never really bothered with rechargeables in the past. I tend to go on trips where space is a premium and it's much easier to source common sized primaries when I go than lug around a charger. I have now bought an Okluma and some AW 18350s 3.7v 800mah with an Xtar VP2 charger. I have some questions:
1: The Okluma runs non-protected cells - why is this? What would happen if I ran a protected cell in it?
2: When putting a new cell in the charger it initially read 3.75v and the voltage started going up from there whilst the charger told me it was not charged fully. Is this safe? Do I just trust the charger to do its job?
3: Charging at 0.25a or 0.5a - I assume 0.25a takes longer but leads to better battery life?
4: I over discharged one to 2.8v. It seems to be fine but is it dangerous?
5: Storage - the knowledge seems to be store full or partially charged. Which is best?
6: The Okluma has a low voltage warning - it flashes then drops down to a lower current/brightness. Am I ok running the cell on the lower setting or should I knock it off and recharge asap (see question 4 for what happened when I carried on running it)?
Thank you.
By way of background, I have never really bothered with rechargeables in the past. I tend to go on trips where space is a premium and it's much easier to source common sized primaries when I go than lug around a charger. I have now bought an Okluma and some AW 18350s 3.7v 800mah with an Xtar VP2 charger. I have some questions:
1: The Okluma runs non-protected cells - why is this? What would happen if I ran a protected cell in it?
2: When putting a new cell in the charger it initially read 3.75v and the voltage started going up from there whilst the charger told me it was not charged fully. Is this safe? Do I just trust the charger to do its job?
3: Charging at 0.25a or 0.5a - I assume 0.25a takes longer but leads to better battery life?
4: I over discharged one to 2.8v. It seems to be fine but is it dangerous?
5: Storage - the knowledge seems to be store full or partially charged. Which is best?
6: The Okluma has a low voltage warning - it flashes then drops down to a lower current/brightness. Am I ok running the cell on the lower setting or should I knock it off and recharge asap (see question 4 for what happened when I carried on running it)?
Thank you.
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