Lithium (Pila) Battery charging question

[lightoftheworld]

Here is a question that I've been wanting to ask for a while.

I have two Panasonic Lithium 17500s, and two Pila 150s. I use a Panasonic and a Pila in my TL3, and I use the same combination of Panasonic and Pila in my Nuwai 5w flashlight, in place of 3x123s, of-course.

Tonight, I wanted to top all of these off. I have a Maha "MH C777 Plus-II" charger. Do I need to do every single battery seperately, or I can I stick the two Pilas together and charge them in a series, as a pack? They definitely will have each been discharged a different amount. They were in different flashlights! Will it top them off just as good, or is it better to do them seperately?

Can I leave the mixed set together, and charge the Pila with the Panasonic, or can I not do that? I have no idea to the answer, so I always just charge these one at a time, and it takes forever.

Thanks, Shane

 

[Christoph]

LOTW
I would charge them seperately,paralel maybe,not in series. The pila may be alright in series but once the first cell is charged it will not pass current to the second as the protective circuit disconnects from the battery (at least that seems to be what happens when I tried it once)
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Chris