Bad battery?

[ThaFuzz]

So this is the reading i took on a battery i bought a couple days ago. It never fired anything, and wouldnt read on my charger. I took it to work with me so i could get a reading on my multimeter . Clearly and repeatedly reading between 5 and almost 7 volts. It was 2$ so its not a big loss but just a reminder to check your batteries.

 

[Baditude]

Good idea.

However, I never would have bought an off brand battery in the first place, no matter how inexpensive it was. I don't recognize the brand, so it more than likely is a re-wrapped, second or third bin quality battery from an unknown manufacturer. You might as well have purchased a Trustfire if you wanted to gamble away $2.

 

[ThaFuzz]

Yeah, true. Not really an 18350 guy so I just grabbed the first 2 i found. That weren't efest. The other is a similarly wrapped aw that has given me no problem. I should have looked it over better