What Issues Can Arrise From Charging a 3.7V Battery with a 3.6V Charger Setting?

[nettles4349]

A while back I purchased a VAMO V3 (and, so far, I love it) along with an Efest IMR 18650 3.7V battery and a couple Efest IMR 18350 3.7V batteries and a TrustFire TR-001 Multifunctional Charger. The charger is compatible with both 18350 and 18650 IMR batteries (and several other sizes) and the whole thing came as a bundle from the website I purchased it from so I didn't think there would be any compatibility issues, and so far there hasn't been any. However, I noticed the other day that the charger has 2 charging settings on it - one for 3.6V and one for 3.0V, I use the 3.6V setting - but the batteries I use are both 3.7V. This may be a dumb question but, since I don't know much about electricity and the way rechargeable batteries work, I'm going to ask it anyway: will the difference in battery voltage and the charger output voltage cause any problems, immediate or long-term? Any knowledgeable feedback will be much appreciated. Thank you.

 

[AlB53]

3.6 is what you want for a fully charged batt. it shoould meter out at 4.1-4.2V. no problems!!

 

[WarHawk-AVG]

These links might help out, by the way welcome!

Charging Lithium-Ion Batteries

How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries - Battery University

also...head on over to the library if you haven't browsed thru yet...some pretty good info and even batteries

 

[Ryedan]

3.6 is what you want for a fully charged batt. it should meter out at 4.1-4.2V. no problems!!

Yup ^^^^^

 

[suspectK]

Yeah, you're good. That is more or less the charge rate. I have a 3.0 and 3.6 switch on my charger, and the 3.0 will charge it up to a point, but it doesn't have enough energy to have it reach full capacity. The 3.6 setting always has it at 4.1 and 4.2 as previously stated.