Tenergy CR123A charger question

[leathermonkey7]

I bought the kit that comes with 4 cells, and the charger
When no batteries are in, the light is green (normal)
When batteries are charging, the light is bright red (normal)
When they are charged, even overnight, the light goes from red, to a lighter color red, almost orange (not normal). It says the light should turn green when charged.
Has anyone experienced this? The batteries seem to be charging fine, but the darn light never turns green till I take the cells out.
Should I just go ahead and use it? I dont feel like sending it back, cause it took forever to get, but will if you think its unsafe. Ideas?

 

[mwahle1]

(Uncharged to fully charged) red, light red, orange, green. When the charger turns orange it takes about another half hour for the light to go from orange to green. According to your charger your batteries seem to be charging to about 4/5 of their potential if the chargers light is working correctly. Either the charger light is not working properly or maybe your batteries’ cutoff-switches are activating a bit prematurely. I would guess if you have a few pairs of batteries and all your pairs are showing orange in the charger, then I would guess that the light in your charger is not calibrated correctly and your batteries are fully charged when the light is orange.

 

[jboze]

Are these the blue or yellow batts?

 

[redrhino]

My batteries go trough the same process, except my light actually turns green....Half way trough the charge the light turns orange like color,then little by little, the color turns green...As a matter of fact, sometimes when i look at the charger it looks like half orange and half green,but i just leave them on till the light goes completely green....

 

[geeker]

Those chargers are fickle. I have 4 of them and only one works the way it should.

 

[redrhino]

Those chargers are fickle. I have 4 of them and only one works the way it should.

 

[leathermonkey7]

Thanks for the responses everyone. I did read on the box its normal that the battery wont reach its full mah potential for about 3 to 5 charges/discharges, so perhaps that may be part of the problem as well.

 

[leathermonkey7]

the blue batteries jboze

 

[Incognito]

I had this problem to. After a few recharge cycles they were able to be fully charged (same green light as no batteries on charger). I'm using Tenergy 750 mah yellow/gray batteries btw.

 

[leathermonkey7]

Anyone know if this charger will work on them?

Ultrafire 3.6 volt or 3 volt RCR123 Lithium Battery Charger

 

[KingVapor]

Anyone know if this charger will work on them?

Yes, that charger will work.

 

[jboze]

The blue batts suck. They have a built in circuit protection that trips all the time. I never got them to work at all on the SB.

They might work with a HV atty though.

 

[leathermonkey7]

The blue batts suck. They have a built in circuit protection that trips all the time. I never got them to work at all on the SB.

They might work with a HV atty though.

Hmmm, strange. They work in my SB fine. I did hear they will trip on the DBDB every time though.

 

[pudgey7]

I made the mistake of buying six of the blue ones. They will only work for me if I ONLY charge them for a few hours...I learned the hard way by following the manual and letting them charge till the light was green, when I do that they won't work. The dbsb is the same way...except it will not perform period! I am yet once again going to buy another set of attys (hv 510) or should I just buy new batteries???? I am hoping this will do it? I am crying inside for my stupid battery purchase.

 

[leathermonkey7]

Mabye mine work cause the crappy tenergy charger that came with it has a light that never turns green! LOL The "all in one charger" I bought from Rob to charge my 18650's charges them fine though, and they work.

 

[jgrubb]

Only owned my BsB for a month. I have the blue ones and it trips constantly. I cannot even use a 510 at all, but it works fine with the cartos and 801.. If i get the yellow ones, will those work okay with a 510? Pretty much the entire reason i purchased the BsB was to use the 510 at higher voltage.

 

[jboze]

The yellow ones should work fine jgrubb.

 

[jgrubb]

Thanks. I only have one set of the blue ones because i got them from battery-junction and the other 2 were DOA. This was right before their fire so I am still with one set and not having any luck at all. Anyone have experience with the AW 123's? Are they a higher quality battery than the yellow tenergys? Everytime I use my 510 it "sizzles" for 1-3 seconds and just shuts off...

 

[jboze]

That's a protection circuit built in. The 510 atty is lower resistance so it is tripping the circuit by drawing too much current. Try the yellow tenergys (can find them cheap on Amazon) or maybe the LifePo4s on DX.

Just make sure you don't get a pair or 3.7v batts! Unless you're running HV atties that is.

 

[jgrubb]

Found the LifePo4s at amazon. Might be a dumb question but for my own safety i need to ask, do i need to buy the charger for the yellow ones too or will the charger for the blue tenergys work with the yellow?