mdocod
Flashaholic
ahhh help
Advice needed
Just over-discharged a pair IMR 16340 while talking to FM, i didnt notice the time pass...
despite stepping down brightness on my soft start I got two imr 16340 down to, after a short 20 min rest..to measure 2.96 volts and 3.12 volts...before changing cells.
I am recharging them immediately.
do I have to trash them?
lovecpf
I want MDOCODs opinion on this, and Maybe AW as well.
FM said recharge them see if they come back..
im guessing they lost capacity but wont explode and are more tolerant to this kind of abuse.
They'll come back and probably work just fine. Don't trash em, they are safe chemistry and can handle some abuse without a major issue.
If you had say, left them in a flashlight turned on over-night, then they may have taken a very noticeable hit the next day.
See if they hold voltage and work pretty good, there's no significant danger in giving it a try.
For the record, the Emoli brand LiMn cells that I pulled from an "ebayed" Ryobi pack, were all under 2V per cell when I received the pack, and who knows how long they had been that way, they all charged up and perform right up with LuxLuthors results from his comparison test. This is the same chemistry as AWs IMR cells.
-Eric