Safe to charge 18650 Li-ions at 900mA?

[RedForest UK]

Hi, sorry if this is a stupid question, I did have a look on the search function but couldnt find a relevant answer.

My new charger claims to charge 18650's at 900mA and it does seem to charge them pretty fast, I was just wondering if this was healthy for the cells or if it might be causing them any damage?

Thanks for your help,

RF

 

[jasonck08]

That should be fine... A lot of brand name Sanyo, and Panasonic cells have a recommend charge current of 1.5A.

 

[TranceAddict]

the recommended charge rate is <0.8C
which means if you have a 2600mah cell

2600*0.8 = 2080 mA

 

[VidPro]

is good rate, as long as it slows down at the end.
if it is doing 900ma when it is 4.2v is not so good rate :-)