Lithium Ion battery 3.6V max. charge voltage?

Boncuk

New Member

• Sep 8, 2009

• #1

I have been using a Motorola cellphone C381 with a tiny charge connector which is broken.

So I have to manually charge the batteries. The charge adapter has 6.25V stabilized output, but the batteries' labels show 3.6V.

What is the maximum charging voltage which could be applied to those batteries?

Thank you

Boncuk

 

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Berserk87

New Member

• Sep 8, 2009

• #2

4.2V @ 500mA is the output on a trustfire 18650 charger.

 

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bountyhunter

Well-Known Member

• Sep 8, 2009

• #3

I was surprised to find out there are some rechargeable Li coin cells that are indeed 3.6V (full charge) cells. If these are those, you charge them up to 3.6V not 4.2V. If they have 3.6V stamped on them, that could be what they are. If you have the manufacturer's part number, do a net search and make sure which kind they are so you don't overcharge them.

 

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Damo666

Member

• Sep 8, 2009

• #4

My rc helicopter uses 3.6v lipo's. The charger unit charges them up to 4.2v. Hope this helps.

 

audioguru

Well-Known Member

Most Helpful Member

• Sep 8, 2009

• #5

If in doubt, don't charge a lithium battery and cause it to catch on fire if your voltage is too high.

 

RadioRon

Well-Known Member

• Sep 8, 2009

• #6

The vast majority of these cells aim for 4.20V as the endpoint. Typically, Li-Ion cells are charged by first applying a constant current (at some fixed value, often 0.5C) until the battery voltage is 4.2V, and then applying constant voltage until the current flow into the cell drops down to about 0.1C at which point the charging is done.