Killed my 18650

[Dodge]

Trustfire 3-way protected 18650:

Went to check the voltage, but picked up the wrong set of test leads, which were connected to the other meter on it's 10A setting.

So basically I shorted the cell. It hasn't worked since - no apparent voltage available.

It claims to have "short circuit protection". Is this protection as in "it won't explode - but it won't work again" or is it "it's safe to short circuit this battery and it should still work after"

Just trying to figure out whether I should claim a faulty cell from DX, or just accept that I screwed up and I'm $5 worse off (hardly the end of the world!)

 

[Nos]

the same happend to me, i heard that u can reactivate the short circuit protection by putting them in a charger .... and it working for me ..........more than once

 

[Dodge]

That worked! Great - thanks for that!

 

[rolling]

I did the same thing but cant revive the cell on my wf-139