Tenergy CR123A charger question
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I know FOR A FACT that the Tenergy charger that comes with the blue ones is NOT compatible with the yellow 750 mah batteries, BUT other brand chargers will work with the blue ones. If you buy the yellow 750 mah batteries, you will need the specific charger for those batteries
It says so on every link Ive seen selling them. Here is an example: TENERGY RCR123A LI-ION Battery Charger
It says so on every link Ive seen selling them. Here is an example: TENERGY RCR123A LI-ION Battery Charger
I've seen lots of posts where people recommend using only the LifePo4 charger for LifePo4 batts, but I honestly don't see how the charger can be any different.
It looks identical....can the actually chemistry of charging batteries be
that detrimental to each in it's own? I don't wanna blow up my
house....but then again I don't wanna buy another charger? hmmmm
that detrimental to each in it's own? I don't wanna blow up my
house....but then again I don't wanna buy another charger? hmmmm
Ive been using the same charger to charge both the yellow and the blue ones for months and its been fine..!!! personaly I think its a marketing scheme to sell more chargers, I would like for someone to prove me wrong just so I would know for sure, but like I said the Tenergy charger has been doing both of mine for months
Yeah, I think the chargers are the same. I've looked for lifepo4 chargers and never found anything other than the ones that come with the sets. As long as you use a 3.0v charger you should be fine I would think.
I've used my ultrafire 3v on the Tenergy's and it has worked too, I just wonder if it has something to do with the protection chip thats on the tenergy Batts that makes it safer using there charger so I use there charger with the Batts
My blue batteries won't work on my yellow tenergy battery charger. I put them in and the light stays green....
How about the other way around? Yellow batts in the charger that comes with the blue batts?
I am assuming that the blue 900mah Tenergy batteries use a 3.6v charger just like any standard Li-ion would. Battery junction lists these batteries with an overcharge voltage cut-off protection at 4.3v. This basically would mean they do in theory charge up to 4.2v, but they have an internal regulator that displays them as 3.6v and also built in circuitry that allows them to operate at 3.0v working voltage.
This is why they tell you not to charge 3v lifepo4 (yellow batt) in the 3.6v li-ion (blue batt) charger.
This is why they tell you not to charge 3v lifepo4 (yellow batt) in the 3.6v li-ion (blue batt) charger.
Could be. Anyone have the charger that comes with the blue batts? What voltage does it say it charges to? Should be written on the back somewhere.
Hmm 4.4v? I would only trust the manufacturer's warning on the blue batteries. Only charge the blue batteries in the provided tenergy charger.
The yellow batteries will charge in any charger that has a 3v setting though.
Edit: And don't charge the yellow batteries in the blue tenergy battery charger.
The yellow batteries will charge in any charger that has a 3v setting though.
Edit: And don't charge the yellow batteries in the blue tenergy battery charger.
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Ive been charging the blue ones in a charger that has an output rating of only 4.2v because the provided Tenergy charger's light never turns green. The batteries charge fine in the trustfire charger, but they may not be charging all the way to their full capacity.. Not sure.
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