battery problems

[lynch]

got two orders from ebay for bats, one was 2- 14500 protected bats and charger
the other was for 4- 14500 protected bats.
Problem is the bats that came with the charger are shorter than the other bats I got
but they say "protected on the sides of them ?
How can they be shorter and be protected ? and the larger 14500's dont fit the charger .

 

[inuyasha.rules]

If I write "hemi" on the side of my lawnmower does that really mean its a hemi?

 

[GIMike]

Yes it does. And every sticker you put on it adds horsepower to your mower too.

 

[lynch]

Just trying to warn people befor they buy those bats. I never had a problem with any
of the 18650 or 16340 ones I ordered.

If I take off the "che" on my chevette it's not a vette ?

 

[inuyasha.rules]

Wait I just got it. A buddhist monk blessed them against catastrophic failure, thus they are "protected" by buddha!! :rofl:

 

[shortyjacobs]

I thought it was normal for different brands of protected LiIons to be different sizes. I know my trustfires are slightly shorter than some other random ebay ones I got, although both clearly have a PCB on them, and both cut out at 2.45 volts, and both have overcurrent protection, (don't ask how I know...).

Oh, and the trustfires are slightly narrower too...fit slightly better into an AA slot.

What are the brands of the batts? (Or maybe some pics?)

 

[lynch]

I tried to upload a photo and keeps on coming back as failed to upload ?
The smaller 14500 is "Ultrafire" and larger is "Trustfire".
I have the trustfire and ultrafire in 16340's and I see that the trustfires are a bit larger
but they still fit in my charger for them and also in my mod, but the 14500's are more than a
bit larger and wont work in charger or mod.

 

[shortyjacobs]

To post a pic, upload the pic to imgur at imgur: the simple image sharer. Copy the "BBCODE" link, (looks like [I MG]http://i.imgur.com/bunchaletters[/IMG] and paste it into a post here.

 

[TomCatt]

Hmmm ... I have some TF 14500's (from Mad Vapes) and 14500 UF (from eBay). The UFs are larger than the TFs.

 

[TomCatt]

You can upload pics to Photobucket or tinypic.com and then use the 'image link' button at the top of the Quick Reply text box to link to it. That's how I usually post pics here.

 

[lynch]

To post a pic, upload the pic to imgur at imgur: the simple image sharer. Copy the "BBCODE" link, (looks like [I MG]http://i.imgur.com/bunchaletters[/IMG] and paste it into a post here.

imgur: the simple image sharer

Thanks for the help with photo.

 

[lynch]

http://www.ebay.com/itm/250783128124?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649


http://www.ebay.com/itm/2-x-AA-1450...207?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3a656fd9af


Links to both

 

[WillyB]

I see you got links.

Well FWIW TrustFires in general are a better choice than UltraFires.

Those are some odd colored TF's. I've used the Blues and Flames and the TFs always say 3.7V, not 3.6.

A great source for the Blues.

TrustFire Protected 3.7V 900mAh 14500 Lithium Battery (2-Pack)

Was also a good source for the TF 18650 flames, but the latest batches of them do not perform like in the past.

 

[lynch]

I see you got links.

Well FWIW TrustFires in general are a better choice than UltraFires.

Those are some odd colored TF's. I've used the Blues and Flames and the TFs always say 3.7V, not 3.6.

A great source for the Blues.

TrustFire Protected 3.7V 900mAh 14500 Lithium Battery (2-Pack)

Was also a good source for the TF 18650 flames, but the latest batches of them do not perform like in the past.

Then what about these ? TrustFire 14500 900mAh 3.6V Protected Li-ion Battery [TF14500BAT] - $4.29 :