battery charger ?

[Nyxie]

I have a saber touch coming fromm a classified ad and have a general battery charging question. Maybe the answer will help someone else as well if I get one.

I already have a charger for my Indulgence batteries. It Charges both 18650 and 18350 batts.
Can I charge the 16340's on it as well?

There is nothing anywhere that says what it will charge. It already charges 2 different sizes. All it looks like is a single barrel holder with a metal clip that you slide up to accommodate the different heights of battery. It has a plugged in light and a charged light and thats it. I don't want to ruin the 16340's coming with my saber touch and didn't think of this question till now. I hope I don't have to wait to buy a charger before I can use my pretty new Saber Touch.

 

[JoeChemo]

I'm using a TrustFire TR-100 and it will charge 18650, 18500, 18350, 17670, 16340, 14650, 14500, 14430, and 10440 Li-on batts.

 

[Nyxie]

all my charger says is :
Model YL-101
Input:100-240V 50-56 Hz
Output: 1.2V/350mA 3.7V/350mA

So I am assuming I can charge up to 3.7V battery in there

 

[JoeChemo]

You're good to go. It's a Youlai YL-101 Li-on battery charger:

Description:
It is the single-charge charger that mould-open and designed specifically for 18650 Single cell. Because of the designed automatic spring-loaded devices, it can be modified to charge many other models of Li-ion battery according to their dimension, such as 16340,17670,14500 etc.

Technical parameter:
Packing Type: No packing
Input voltage: 100—240V，47—63HZ (world power supply)
Charging current: 3.6V/320mA（3.6-3.7V Li-ion battery）

Charging Standard:
Battery’s dimension set in the sliding slot: 67mm in length, 34mm in diameter (height);
All kinds of Li-ion batteries with nominal voltage of 3.6V-3.7V

Charge reference time:
3.6V charging battery: about 6hs
Charging method: set battery in the right place and turn power on. Indicator light shows red when charging and then turns to green and keeps in trickle charge when full-charged. It will be batter to charge continually for more hours.

 

[Drozd]

should be fine...a 3.7V charger just cant be used on 3V batteries...
saw a picture of the charger and it looks fine..

the only other issue that sometimes presents is that the 16340 batteries are too short for some chargers with that sliding negative contact and in that case spacers are needed for charging (but in a pinch several stacked dimes will work for that)

 

[Nyxie]

Cool Thanks. Maybe the info will help someone else too.