Mike..battery's thread from the other forum

Just bought a couple of sets of genuine Panasonic 18650s from this eBay seller
Top bloke ,very knowledgable on his Li-ions and torches in general.

http://www.torchythebatteryboy.com/. Link to his torch blog.


http://compare.ebay.co.uk/like/120841960304?var=lv&ltyp=AllFixedPriceItemTypes&var=sbar

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-X-Sony-LR-18650-3000mAh-Rechargeable-Li-ion-3-7V-Protected-Batteries-/110816942829?pt=US_Batteries&hash=item19cd345aed#


Nothing really to get excited about inside the battery pack.

Looks like water has been getting in somewhere ,probably around the charging plug . That'll be getting masticked up before i re-assemble it

Simple case of de soldering the wiring to the PCB .


Ill have to work out a decent method for re sealing the plastic casing as the only way of opening it was running a craft knife all the wayaround the seam and splitting the two half's . Possibly clean the two half's and super glue ,with a bead of silicone over the top.?

GOOD POST MICK......Im wading through the guys website (please don't test me on it) I ordered some trustfire 18650 3000protected last week which came out reasonably well in the test on the scottish guys website

To re seal your battery box, you could use a Hot glue gun...just a though, What was the mah of the batts that were in your opened battery holder?