Getting Started in reclaiming 18650 Lithium Ion Cells from Power Tool and Laptop battery packs is a great way to get a pile of cells. But once you do... Then what?!
Here I step through the process of Testing, Charging, and then Discharging the cells to find the capacity of each cell.
Hopefully this helps to demystify topics surrounding how to process recovered 18650 cells.
Tools Needed:
- Basic volt/Multi-meter to check the cells voltage once liberated from the packs.
- Lithium Ion safe charger units like the TP-4056's
- RC grade charger/discharger unit, Like the Venom ProCharger used here, or a SkyRC IMax B6 or similar.
Links:
Amazon Page for TP-4056 Charger unit - http://tinyurl.com/jkmdebo
SKYRC IMax B6 - http://tinyurl.com/hxory4z