Possible Isssue Charging Efest IMR 18650 HD 2250mAh Button Top Battery in TrustFire TR-001 Dual Battery Charger

[nettles4349]

I just got a TrustFire TR-001 Dual Battery Charger and an Efest IMR 18650 HD 2250mAh Button Top Battery with a VAMO V3 I recently purchased. I used the 18650 out of the box in the V3 for a few hours while I let the two Efest IMR 18350 LiMn 800mAh Flat Top batteries I also got with the V3 charge. When the two 18350s were done I put one of them in the V3 and put the 18650 in the charger. The charger aparently has an output of 4.2V 500mA and the battery has been in there for at least 6 hours yet it still says it's not fully charged. I'm not totally proficient with the mechanics of electricity but if I've done my math right the battery, if totally drained, should only take 4.25 hours to charge, and this battery still had juice in it when I put it in the charger. Is this something I should be worried about or is this normal? Again, I'm no electrician so I don't know.

 

[Choc_Addic]

test the voltage on that battery. (after resting for 10 minutes removed from charger).

Let us know.

 

[polpol]

Mine charged for about 12 hours when they were new.. (same batteries and charger)

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[hvac999]

Trustfire battery chargers take many hours to charge 18650 batteries.

 

[Nu2Dis]

My 2000 maH require 12 + Hours to charge in the Trust_fire. Some thing that should have been clearly stated by the seller. i haven't spent any VAPE budget in over a month so my next order will be the Nitecore.

 

[Jazzi Mike]

Yeah Trustfire takes a while. It is still a solid charger. Luckily, I had mine when my Nitecore melted

 

[kottonmouth401]

I have the same charger & the same battery. Yeah, it always takes at least 12 hours to get a full charge

 

[aznzing03]

My AW IMR 18650 takes about 6 hours from 3.8 to full charge.
Haven't really drained it far past that yet. My Efest 18350 flat tops take about 3 hours from 3.6 to full charge.

 

[rny707]

theres no charging issue the TR001 will take very long because its charging on .5A actually .5A is usually use to charge 18350 or any 18650 with less than 2000mah you have to get a charger where you could adjust the charging amps i have a EFFEST BIO CHARGER V2 where you could adjust the charging amps to .5A, 1A AND 2A. when charging 18650 that has 2000mah and up set at 1A. this will cut down your charging time of 12hrs to half. hope this helps