measuring battery voltage

[IrishUpstart]

Can seem to get a reading on panny cgr18650ch on multimeter. Red lead on positive. Black on negative. Meter dial on 200. What am I doing wrong?

 

[Aoi~]

Make sure the V is on DC not AC. My cheapie MM has 20V DC, 200V AC lowest.

 

[IrishUpstart]

I got a reading on 200m (volt section goes from 600,200,20, 2 and 200m) Dc/ac is a toggle button. Battery fresh off charger read 4.6...?

 

[st0nedpenguin]

If that battery is really at 4.6v you want to safely dispose of both it and the charger.

 

[IrishUpstart]

All good. Didn't let meter settle. both batteries are reading between 4.0 and 4.2. (4.0 one has been used a bit with 2.5 ohm protank)