It loses it's charge after a couple of days or even worse overnight.
A 18650 protected battery is safer than an 18650 unprotected battery (less likely to overheat, burst or start on fire). The circuit is embedded in the cell packaging (battery casing) that protects the cell from “over charge”, heat or “over discharge”, over current and short circuit. Protected vs Unprotected 18650 Batteries?ġ8650 protected batteries have an electronic circuit. The 21700 at 1550 cubic mm, is larger than the 18650 battery – the 2170 is not interchangeable. Note the 14500's cannot be used in all AA devices unless they support both 3.7 and 1.5 volt batteries. More info on the 21700: Everything You Need to Know About the 21700 BatteryĬomparing sizes in the picture above the 18650 is 1170 cubic mm, the 14500 and AA are 700 cubic mm, the AAA is 467 cubic mm. Comparing Common Battery Comparisons Battery Make Charge time can vary with amperage and voltage of the charger and the battery type.
The average 18650 battery charge time is about 4 hours.
We also recommend you stick with high quality brand name 18650s. The popular LG HG2 and Samsung 25r are both UNPROTECTED batteries, only use them in a device designed to use unprotected 18650s Unprotected cells can be overcharged and burst or potentially cause a fire unless there are specific electronics to protect the battery. Protected cells include a protection circuit that stops the cell from being overcharged. We absolutely recommend protected cell 18650 batteries. There are two types protected and unprotected. The 18650 cell has voltage of 3.7v and has between 1800mAh and 3500mAh (mili-amp-hours).ġ8650s may have a voltage range between 2.5 volts and 4.2 volts, or a charging voltage of 4.2 volts, but the nominal voltage of a standard 18650 is 3.7 volts.