Trustfire All In One Charger

[seven]

I wasnt sure if my question belongs in the general section, but since I use it this charger for my mods, Ill put it in the modders section. I bought the TrustFire All-in-One Charger (for 10430/10440/14500/16340 /17670/18650/CR123A) from DX along with SpiderFire LC-16340 3.6V 880mAh Rechargeable Lithium batteries (4-Pack) and i put them in, but they sit loose not snug but they are making contact so yesterday i put a pair in before i left work and the light indicator showed red (charging) when i got home it was still red. I tested them on my multimeter and they showed 5.09v. I put another set over night and they are still red in the morning, tested them on multimeter and somewhere are 5.09-5.12 i forgot. Is anyone with this charger expiriencing the same issues? is it because it isnt snug so its not making full contact? why isnt the light indicator changing to green (meaning full charge)?

TIA,
Eric

 

[TnA]

It sounds to me like you have a defective charger!! The charger should automatically stop charging your batteries once they reach around 4 volts....the fact that they are continuing to charge beyond that voltage sounds like the charger is not being properly shutting off like it's supposed to. I would highly suggest you stop using that one and get yourself a new one.

 

[seven]

thanks tna. Damn you DealXtreme. I guess i wait till my superT1 kit comes in since that includes a nano charger.

 

[tdstrike]

I have 5 of those chargers, 3 that I use, 2 as backups, they'll charge my 3.7's up to 4.8 at full charge, takes about 2.5-3hrs to charge a 14500, about 2-2.5hr to charge cr123's. Does sound like you have a defective unit, alas, the downside of DX, I've got a couple of nano chargers that didn't work out of the box, not worth the time or money to ship back.

 

[Mufftrix]

I have 5 of those chargers, 3 that I use, 2 as backups, they'll charge my 3.7's up to 4.8 at full charge, takes about 2.5-3hrs to charge a 14500, about 2-2.5hr to charge cr123's. Does sound like you have a defective unit, alas, the downside of DX, I've got a couple of nano chargers that didn't work out of the box, not worth the time or money to ship back.

Agree with tdstrike I have a fully working one of these!

If if doesnt work it a disposable item, that only way look at China based stuff?

 

[Noodles]

I have this charger as well but never used anything but Trustfire and UltraFiire batts. in it. It does sound like a bad charger, but is it also possible that the Spider batteries are not "communicating" the right info to the charger??

As in hey "i'm at 4.2v mister charger" but really that little guy juiced mister charger for a more.

silly thought.

 

[tdstrike]

I charge spiderfires in mine all the time, no problem. What I want to know is why does one of his 18650 batts look so much bigger than the other, does one have protection and one not?

 

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it looks like its upside down the one on the right in the charger... that might be the trouble... or not touching the bottom correctly

 

[Drewsworld]

It looks like one of them is upside down in the charger also...

 

[Lissa G.]

hmm, both have the + at the top, so not upside down. I have talked to people who advised bending the prongs back a bit for better connection? I know it worked on mine.

 

[Noodles]

I think the picture of the charger is a badly staged stock photo honestly.

 

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well that would explain why it look like that then.......

 

[youngunner]

how much was that charger? I just bought a Silver Bullet and it runs on 18650 3.7v and 2 CR123a at 3v- I was looking for a charger that would charge both. to bad your having problems with it.

 

[seven]

That photo is from deal extreme. It cost $8.xx.

 

[frankie1]

what did the door do? LOL

 

[Rocketman]

had a problem with "one of my trustfire chargers" one port would not fully charge and would not detect a slightly weak cell. Other port was fine, other chargers fine.
Top off voltage on bad port was 4.0 and it took 'forever' to get there. So it's takey aparty time, oh goody.
Visual inspection (double stack of Dollar store 3.5 diopter glasses) and found solder mask alignment error during manufacture had cause poor solder flow on a few connections. A little cleanup, and solder touch up, and all is well. This charger worked fine for a few months, then started working a little erratic. All is fine now, photo of defective area.

I like this charger, works fine, now.
4.25 volts is probably the most I would want to see from one of these, any more that that and you are asking for shortened battery life, or WORSE.