3.6V LIon?
 

I have two button-cell 3.6V LIon batteries. they're about the diameter of a quarter, but thicker. While I'm sure my M/S could handle 3.6V, I'm more concerned about charging these batteries up. Does anyone know of a good 3.6V LIon charger?

http://tinyrc.com/shop/product.php?pid=442

and whered you get button cells at that power rating that are recharageable?

If they haven't purged some REALLY old posts, you can do a search for more info on them. Way back in the day (lol okay about a year ago), "Able Energy" was all the rage here in the tinyrc forums. They offered button cell batteries in Lithium, lithium ion, and a few other compounds. The Li-ion cells came in LiR2450 and LiR2477 form factors. I have one of each.

The specs, mAh rating, max mA output, dimensions and weight are all very nice. Not too big or heavy for a tinyRC at all.

Here's a spec sheet I scanned a long time ago. check out the numbers for yourself. Click the thumbnail for the fullsize scan (beware, it's HUGE):

http://buddha.jccc.net/~axon/batt/tn_able-button.jpg

here's some more info... it's not "able energy" - it's "Able battery" and their website is FINALLY back up.

http://www.able-battery.com/intro.htm

Here's a previous thread about the batteries:

http://www.tinyrc.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3004

Again, click thumbnails for a REALLY BIG version.

LIR2450 Datasheet (Actual LIR2450 battery in the scan)
.http://buddha.jccc.net/~axon/batt/tn_2450.gif.

LIR2477 Datasheet (Actual LIR2477 battery in the scan)
.http://buddha.jccc.net/~axon/batt/tn_2477.gif.

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!1 actually im sure if recharable but old gameboy color games have 3v lithium battery(to keep the game saved and it was a 3v in mine) but i cant get much voltage out of it and i cant charge it cause well no speacial charger. but if im right and you have a old cruddy glameboy game lieing around smash it open! and you have a dual cell(if you have the irght charger and my therory of them being recharable is correct)

who's interested in some of these? I have the opportunity to buy some for pretty cheap, but I don't know how much shipping is going to be from asia... The more I can buy at once, the better. Keep in mind you'll need a charger to recharge these. They won't be fast charging.

DO NOT TRY TO CHARGE A LITHIUM BATTERY. only Li Ion or LI Poly are rechargeable, you could cause a fire trying to charge a regular Lithium battery.

no **** dumbass

I posted about this about a year ago, I've just finally got the ball rolling. ;)

These batteries are lithium ion. They require special charging. The charger sold here at tinyRC should work just fine. The chargiong procedure for Li-Ion and Li-Poly are identical, and any smart charger capable of charging 3.6V cells will work.

Primary (non rechargeable) Lithium batteries work GREAT in tinyRC's. I have a 3 volt primary lithium cell I use in my microsizer for drag racing, you just can't try to recharge it, so it gets expensive.

Basically I can get them for about $5 each if I order 10. I'd like to make a LITTLE profit on it, but I am more for helping my fellow hobbiests than making a wad of cash on this, so I'd probably sell them for $6 plus $2 shipping/handling/packaging for US Residents, as I'd probably have to buy some padded envelopes (expensive and increases postage weight).

Realize that you can't just hook up a voltage source to these, and that you'll have to make an investment in a good charger. They come pre-charged (at least, both my samples did) and they hold charge for a very long time.

If there's not much interest in this, I'll most likely bail on it. No biggie.