species
Newly Enlightened
My first post here, hi everyone, i thought someone could use this information as i was looking for it and couldn't find it here.
I just got 2 TrustFire 18650 cells off of ebay rated at 2500mah they were very cheap. I tested their voltage and one measured 3.76v, the other 3.73v they seemed pretty drained to me, i was worried they might be dead.
I charged them on my DSD charger with the stock power supply it took 5 hours each, they both charged to 4.2v (as that's the cuttoff voltage of DSD), after an hour the voltage dropped and fell down to 4.13v and the other to 4.16v.
I decided to discharge them on my Triton Charger to measure their capacity. I discharged at 600mah down to 3v, the 4.16v cell showed 2440mah was discharged from it, the other is still in progress i will update shortly.
This cell came pretty close to it's stated capacity, i'll be using it in my ultrafire c2 i read somewhere it will provide 4hrs runtime, they are a bargain for what they cost, i'm very satisfied with this purchase, hope this helps somebody decide which ones to get.
I also read somewhere that if you use these in a higher drain devices such as 1.5A+ the voltage sags, so you might be better off with some AW cells or similar.
EDIT: I just found some more info and a graph on these cells here http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=188515
I just got 2 TrustFire 18650 cells off of ebay rated at 2500mah they were very cheap. I tested their voltage and one measured 3.76v, the other 3.73v they seemed pretty drained to me, i was worried they might be dead.
I charged them on my DSD charger with the stock power supply it took 5 hours each, they both charged to 4.2v (as that's the cuttoff voltage of DSD), after an hour the voltage dropped and fell down to 4.13v and the other to 4.16v.
I decided to discharge them on my Triton Charger to measure their capacity. I discharged at 600mah down to 3v, the 4.16v cell showed 2440mah was discharged from it, the other is still in progress i will update shortly.
This cell came pretty close to it's stated capacity, i'll be using it in my ultrafire c2 i read somewhere it will provide 4hrs runtime, they are a bargain for what they cost, i'm very satisfied with this purchase, hope this helps somebody decide which ones to get.
I also read somewhere that if you use these in a higher drain devices such as 1.5A+ the voltage sags, so you might be better off with some AW cells or similar.
EDIT: I just found some more info and a graph on these cells here http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?t=188515
Last edited:
