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Category: DIY Batteries testing station

18650 Batteries testing station – pt1.4

part 1.4 : cooling and completion! I finally finished to put together the tester and charger system! By itself it would probably deserve a project category on it own but I’m lazy and tired so for now, it is what it is. Last time I left off with a pretty usable system but it was […]

Ellie
Published on October 2, 2024

18650 Batteries testing station – pt1.3

Part 1.3 : Charger/discharger completion… ish? So, the next step was to install the PSU and wire everything, which went rather well. The connector did fit super nicely in the slot designed for it and I opted for only putting 2 screws instead of 4 on the PSU since it is pretty solid like that. […]

Ellie
Published on September 27, 2024

18650 Batteries testing station – pt1.2

Part 1.2 : Progress on the charger/discharger So, since I needed to make a charger and discharger to test the tons of 18650s I’ll have to deal with, I decided to make it convenient. plus the form factor of the discharger is a bit odd to work with. At this point, I designed a frame […]

Ellie
Published on September 21, 2024

18650 Batteries testing station – pt1.1

Part 1.1 : Getting the right tools for the job. Since I had these grandiose idea with limited tools, it was a bit long and difficult to do all the testing needed. So as my usual self, I ended up ordering the stuff I needed to make a proper charging and discharging station. The station […]

Ellie
Published on September 21, 2024

18650 Batteries testing station – pt1

Part 1 : Salvaging old packs Hey guys! I got another project that I started a little while ago. I want to make a power station from repurposed 18650 batteries from old laptop packs. Initially, it started with the idea of testing my old 18650s, to fill up some USB battery packs but I soon […]

Ellie
Published on September 3, 2024