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Category: Battery Packs
Making, repairing, reviving and charging your own battery packs
Reviving a Samsung Smartwatch battery
The Samsung Galaxy Gear SM-V700 smartwatch was launched September 2013, and it was Samsung’s 1st generation of smartwatches. It came with a 320 x 320 pixel display, 4GB of storage and a 1.9MP camera (which is something you don’t see on the Smartwatches available today!) It was an expensive accessory for your Samsung smartphone! This…Continue reading Reviving a Samsung Smartwatch battery
Reviving a dead power tool battery
Bring new life to a power tool whose battery won’t charge.
Balance charging your Lithium battery pack is important!
Learn why balance charging is needed to keep a battery pack working well for as long as possible and why its better then simply direct charging.
18650 Lithium Battery Overview and Testing
Lithium batteries have better performance and capacity compared to NiCd (nickle cadmium) or NiMh ( nickel metal hydride ) batteries. They do not have a drastic self discharge or “memory effect” that Ni-Cd or NiMh do have. Which is why we are seeing more battery powered products being made with Lithium cells.