New Dead 18650?

[bogster]

I just received some Trustfire 18650 (blue) Li-ion cells from DX. One of them appears to be duff reading just 2.58V. When I put it in the charger the green light comes on straight away. Any chance of resurrecting this zombie?

Regards,

bogster

 

[kramer5150]

edited to delete some bad advice.

 

[DM51]

they didn't last longer than 2-3 months of gentile use

Not kosher?


bogster... these are crap cells that will let you down sooner or later - probably sooner. It could be dangerous to try to charge them if you don't know what you are doing.

You should send them back, and buy from a reputable source (and by that I mean somewhere other than DX)

 

[kramer5150]

x2.. your cells are not really worth keeping. Just toss or RMA them if you can.

 

[Burgess]

Good advice here.



BTW, to DM51 --

:lolsign::lolsign::lolsign:
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[Art]

RMA with them , that is a DOA so they have to send replacements.

I use the gray Trustfires 2500mah and they are great , a lot better then for example the Eagletacs 2400mah ones.

 

[bogster]

What is RMA?

Regards,

bogster

 

[JBorneu]

What is RMA?

Regards,

bogster

Let me google that for you.

Ya know, not every word / acronym you have never heard of is a difficult technical term which only the genious of CPF can explain. Sometimes a simple google / wikipedia / urban dictionary search gives you the answer much faster.

 

[bstrickler]

I must be lucky then. My blue ones have at least 50 cycles on them, and don't have a single problem with them. I've accidentally run them down to 2.6 before, and they came back, without a problem.

~Brian