VidPro
Flashlight Enthusiast
I am testing all my LI-ION D cells.
the safts are Many years old, the "other" D cells are at least a year younger then the safts
the testing is unknown in quality, so its only comparitive to itself, the discharge is 1amp for hours on end. the charge is pulse charging, these cells have always been pulse charged all of them, the charge rate varies hugely, as it is always CV, rate starts at 3-4amps/2 and ends at around 15-30ma/2.
the storage of the cells has varied, from being full charged (and parked), to being used, to being stored properly. they each have been used/stored/charged in relative similarity.
i dont know where they were when they were new, they basically all worked about the same in lights.
Saft VL34570 4.6A
1- 4.6A
2- 4.8A
3- 4.6A
YO6A1B HLC 5.2A
1- 4.1A
2- 4.0A
3- Dead long ago
guess which set of them is OutSourced to a country called Usa? wonder where on the map that is
i think they spelled it wrong, mabey they meant Yusa, beings the US doesnt make Anything anymore :naughty:
i found the date, the SAFT were purchaced about 04-15-2005, the other cells were purchaced on the first group buy thing for the Ds
another test of an OLD item was a AW 17650 thing i have had for ages, back on aws first sale of them, it was still about 1300ma.
Many other Cells have since been replaced, or recycled, although many more are still working, the saft is rare in that it is working at more than 90% still.
i have all the Numbers on the blue cell, if those numbers arent enough to ID it, i think there are many other people with the blue cell, i would be interested in hearing about how they are doing too?
the safts are Many years old, the "other" D cells are at least a year younger then the safts
the testing is unknown in quality, so its only comparitive to itself, the discharge is 1amp for hours on end. the charge is pulse charging, these cells have always been pulse charged all of them, the charge rate varies hugely, as it is always CV, rate starts at 3-4amps/2 and ends at around 15-30ma/2.
the storage of the cells has varied, from being full charged (and parked), to being used, to being stored properly. they each have been used/stored/charged in relative similarity.
i dont know where they were when they were new, they basically all worked about the same in lights.
Saft VL34570 4.6A
1- 4.6A
2- 4.8A
3- 4.6A
YO6A1B HLC 5.2A
1- 4.1A
2- 4.0A
3- Dead long ago
guess which set of them is OutSourced to a country called Usa? wonder where on the map that is
i think they spelled it wrong, mabey they meant Yusa, beings the US doesnt make Anything anymore :naughty:i found the date, the SAFT were purchaced about 04-15-2005, the other cells were purchaced on the first group buy thing for the Ds
another test of an OLD item was a AW 17650 thing i have had for ages, back on aws first sale of them, it was still about 1300ma.
Many other Cells have since been replaced, or recycled, although many more are still working, the saft is rare in that it is working at more than 90% still.
i have all the Numbers on the blue cell, if those numbers arent enough to ID it, i think there are many other people with the blue cell, i would be interested in hearing about how they are doing too?
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