Intellicharger i2 and Panasonic Cgr1860CH qestion.

[Iron Knuckle]

So I just got my vamo in the mail today, along with some Panasonic CGR18650s and an Intellicharger I2. I have been charging the batteries for about two hours now and was wondering if it's normal for the batteries to get really warm during charging. Not hot, but warm. The charger itself I expect to get really warm as it's converting AC to DC, but I'm just curious if it's okay.

Any help?

 

[jimbill]

You will be fine my batteries get warm on my i4 while charging my CGR18650CH also good luck

 

[NGAHaze]

Yes, that is normal for them to get warm. If they get hot to the touch then you might have a problem ...

 

[Iron Knuckle]

Cool. Thanks for the feedback. I figure they get warm because they're discharged rapidly before charging. The Vamo has been a huge step up from my Spinners and passthroughs. Now to get a lightsaber skin from j-wraps...

 

[Iron Knuckle]

they seemed to have charged up finally, however, they're reading at 4.3v in my Vamo. Is it okay to use them or is my charger junk?

Edit: Disregard that. I'm just being a paranoid tinfoil hat wearing nerd. Tested with my multi-meter at 4.23v. Today I learned my Vamo isn't too precise with reading voltages of the battery.

 

[Penn23]

http://www.e-cigarette-forum.com/fo...5-nitecore-intellicharger-i2-getting-hot.html

^^^ I'm having the same issue. It's a vamo kit with the same batteries. Guessing Iron Knuckle got his kit from FT too.

My only issue is my charger is getting pretty darn HOT, not just warm. Any advice?

 

[sailense]

they seemed to have charged up finally, however, they're reading at 4.3v in my Vamo. Is it okay to use them or is my charger junk?

Edit: Disregard that. I'm just being a paranoid tinfoil hat wearing nerd. Tested with my multi-meter at 4.23v. Today I learned my Vamo isn't too precise with reading voltages of the battery.

Yeah, the ohm-meter is off by 0.1ohms sometimes too. Not a big deal though, just something to keep in mind when you get a reading.

 

[sailense]

Get a multimeter and see if the voltage is increasing on the battery. If you have some issue and they're not charging, then the power out of the charger is getting converted to heat and that's a big problem.

 

[Choc_Addic]

Batteries should be rested state (30 minutes resting after removing from the charger) when reading voltage off the multi meter. Not hot off the charger. Hot off the charger will not be what the battery charge is.

Regards.

 

[sailense]

Batteries should be rested state (30 minutes resting after removing from the charger) when reading voltage off the multi meter. Not hot off the charger. Hot off the charger will not be what the battery charge is.

Regards.

True. But I'm not looking for an accurate reading. I just want to make sure the numbers are increasing.