Silver Bullet Multifunction charger question...

[V_Joe1981]

How long does it roughly take 18650 batteries to fully charge? I've had one battery on the charger now for like 5 hours and hoping my charger isn't completely shot with the indicator lights. I've inspected the charger and how the battery is placed in and everything checks out good, but just at a loss why it isn't turning green or i could just be impatient

Has anyone had this happen to them before and is there any trouble-shooting methods I can take before thinking about purchasing another charger? I do get charged up batteries, but it's like the red light just will not switch to green....any help is very appreciated!

 

[Sleddie]

My UltraFire batts took about 7 hours for initial charge (TrustFire charger). Not sure about re-charge, never paid attention, but would assume it would be the same. So I figure by the time you read this it'll be charged lol.

 

[cskent]

It depends on how far they're run down. If I let mine go down to 3.7v it'll take around 8 hours to get it back up to 4.18v. If you have a multimeter you can check voltage on the battery to see how much it's charged before you put it on the charger, and after it's taken off. You can also use it to check your charger to see what voltage it's putting out. A cheap $10 multimeter is a great tool for those using mods. You can also use it to check resistance on atty's.
As to your batteries, just leave them on all day and see what happens. More than likely the light will turn green eventually.

 

[Nomoreash]

It depends on how discharged they are and the rate the charger is charging. 5 hours doesn't seem abnormal, mine took 3-4 but I never let them go down that far.

 

[V_Joe1981]

Thank you all and before heading to bed it took around 7 hours till it turned green. I will have to pick up a multi meter here very soon and think COV sells them, but will look around here.