aricooperdavis
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I've kindly just been gifted a knackered laptop (only about 3yrs old, but with a damaged motherboard that'd be more expensive to repair than replace). Now that I have a couple of torches that run on 18650s I was wondering wether I could strip the 18650 cells from the battery and use them.
I have a couple of concerns - firstly it looks like these cells will be unprotected as the protection is built into the battery circuitry, and secondly these are Samsung ICR18650-28As so are 4.3v charging rather than 4.2.
I don't want a fiery explosion anywhere near me if I can possible avoid it...
Are these of any use to me (or anyone, for that matter)? Is it easy enough to wrap these up with a protection circuit for use in my torches? Or would that be a waste of time?
Any input gratefully received!
I have a couple of concerns - firstly it looks like these cells will be unprotected as the protection is built into the battery circuitry, and secondly these are Samsung ICR18650-28As so are 4.3v charging rather than 4.2.
I don't want a fiery explosion anywhere near me if I can possible avoid it...
Are these of any use to me (or anyone, for that matter)? Is it easy enough to wrap these up with a protection circuit for use in my torches? Or would that be a waste of time?
Any input gratefully received!