Urgent Battery Advice Needed!!!

[Leonardo]

HELP, PLEASE:-

I am stuck at work with a flat battery and one that is going to go flat. My charger is at home, but I have a different one here.

The PV is a DSE 601 using 18350 batteries 3.7v 900mAh

The only charger I have to hand is for my home made mods which used 17330 3.7v 900mAh

Can I use this charger to sort me out till I get home?

Please help


Cheers guys (I will not be so stupid again )

 

[hiram13pm]

same mah, same voltage should work. Is it one of the sliding ones?

Try the dead battery first, but watch it close in case it pops. Sounds to me like it'll be ok though.

 

[Leonardo]

Thank you, it is not a sliding type charger, but the battery does go in!!!! I have put the dead battery on charge.... not got face full of electrolyte yet, so maybe all is good.... will keep an eye on things....

 

[oldjoe]

Touch the battery to make certain it's not heating up.

 

[Leonardo]

Thank you for that Oldjoe... it has been in the charger for 45 mins, not heating at all!!! but thanks for the tip....

 

[Rosco]

Good luck Brother

 

[breaktru]

Your safe with the mod charger.

 

[Leonardo]

OK, tis charged.... well, the green light came on! it seemed to not take as long as in the normal charger, so the battery was removed PDQ, but am vaping.... I will charge my other battery properly.....

Thank you all for your useful and informative comments

 

[mdocod]

If both cells are the same chemistry then it should be fine. If one cell type demands a different charge termination than the other then you may have a problem. Most li-ion types charge to 4.20V these days.

Cells labeled 17330 size are rather odd (they are basically 16340s that have been labeled by the engineer rather than the sales department)... I would want to make sure that it is a normal 3.7V cell that charges to 4.20V just to be sure. A $5 DMM would answer a lot of questions and remove many uncertainties.

Eric