mudman cj said:
I plan on using them with the Phillips 5761 bulb in a Mag 2C. I will just charge them with my DSD using magnets and wire, but at a faster rate due to the higher current power supply (850 mA). It should take about 4 hours to charge one that way.
To charge my Emillion Li-ion D-cells, I have been using the DSD charger with
a "kludge job" consisting of a piece of 2X4 on which are mounted (2) Radio
Shack single D-cell battery holders plus a terminal strip and associated wiring.
To connect the DSD, I used a piece of wooden dowel with screws and crimp
type terminals with clip leads on each end that are clipped to the 2X4
terminal strip. The length of the dowel is obviously the same as an 18650
cell, and the particular dowel that I used needed some electrical tape
wrapped around it at either end so as to approximate the diameter of an
18650. To upgrade this contraption for my incoming AW Li-ion C-cells, I
plan to add (2) Radio Shack single C-cell battery holders, which seem to
be long enough to accommodate the longer length of AW's cells.
Yes, this charging setup takes a *long* time with the DSD and D-cell
Li-ions, but it works, and is considerably less expensive than a Triton (or
equivalent thereof) plus 12VDC supply. I expect it to also work with AW's
cells, but not take quite as much time.
As a point of interest, I also use an 850 ma supply with my DSD (Nokia). It
speeds things up considerably (relatively speaking!), but with the 850 ma
supply, my DSD terminates charging just above 4.00V. What I have been
doing is to charge with the 850 ma supply until the DSD stops charging,
then use the DSD 350 ma supply to top things off at 4.17V or so.
George
