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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 30, 2017 at 1:10 PM, Robin Gilks <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:robin@gilks.org" target="_blank">robin@gilks.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class=""><br>
> A friend of mine gave me a stack of old laptop battery packs, with<br>
> several 18650 each. Some packs had cells showing heat damage - I'll<br>
> bring those to show at next meeting. There are about 30 cells from packs<br>
> with no visual damage, and I'm thinking to try and find out what<br>
> capacity they might have left in them. Several of you have done this<br>
> before.<br>
><br>
> Currently cell voltages are between 20mV and 2.6V. What would be the<br>
> best charging strategy/algorithm for trying to revive these cells?<br>
> Is there any increased risk of cells overheating/catching fire, or<br>
> leaking? I have this expensive MC3000 charger where I can program pretty<br>
> much any parameter, but I'm less keen on having it smoking...<br>
><br>
> Thanks for any tips etc.,<br>
><br>
> Volker<br>
><br>
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</span>You might find the following useful to identify the cells<br>
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<a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1fYjDxxCJXfm2wdpGWCaOUGq8V8TOEgsnplHQa4YQpRQ/htmlview" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://docs.google.com/<wbr>spreadsheets/d/<wbr>1fYjDxxCJXfm2wdpGWCaOUGq8V8TOE<wbr>gsnplHQa4YQpRQ/htmlview</a><br>
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Robin Gilks<br>
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