How to charge this lithium ion battery?

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How to charge this lithium ion battery?

Post by Zeturi » Sat Aug 01, 2009 8:22 pm

I have never seen a battery like this:
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I know one end is positive and the other is negative, but how to you charge it? Don't lithium ion batteries usually have three places for the charger to touch?
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Re: How to charge this lithium ion battery?

Post by Valium » Sat Aug 01, 2009 9:58 pm

It's the same as a normal lithium cell except that it's AA shape and not flat. Majority of lithium cells that I've seen don't have a 3rd contact. As far as I know, only the one's with built in protection circuits have the third, which still isn't 2 contacts on the cell, just 3 on the protection circuit.
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