Charger Killing Batteries??

[batexp]

Oh yea...I forgot to mention, after I let the batt sit of a day I tried to charge it i my PCC. had it in my shirt pocket. After about 15 minutes I noticed that it (the PCC) was getting hot. Therefore I'm pretty sure the batt is fried.

[a2dcovert]

Originally Posted by kristin

I was using a charger that came with my old OMG kits, (rebranded kits bought at a fair booth) because I couldn't find the one that came with my 510. I finally found it and it's IDENTICAL to the 510 charger.

I just don't get why it seems this charger has killed 3-4 perfectly good, newer batteries now??

It may be the "China Paradox". I have noticed the china manufacturers have a bad habit of using product enclosures to make several different products. I have noticed that to be the case more than once. For example I have 2 Tenergy RCR123A chargers. One is for Li-Ion batteries and the other is for LiFePO4 batteries. These are completely different type of batteries and require different charging proceedures. They are identical in almost every way. They even have the same model number and label on the back side. On the front side they are still identical except for one says, in small lettering, LiIon RCR123A Charger, the other one has LiFePO4 RCR123A Charger.

So I say that even though that charger looked like a 510 charger it may have been a completely different model.

Kevin