1 EEVblog #176 - Lithium Ion/Polymer Battery Charging Tutorial
Dave Jones explains how lithium-ion and lithium-polymer cells are charged, including the constant-current and constant-voltage stages, for people building or choosing a charger.
Topic
lithium battery
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2 How to Make a Battery Protection Circuit (over-discharge protection)
DIY Perks builds an over-discharge cut-off for lithium cells using a low-voltage alarm module to trigger a relay; used as the starting point for home-made protection boards.
3 New TP4056 Lithium Cell Charger Module with Battery Protection
Julian Ilett examines the TP4056 lithium charger module with DW01A protection; cited for its fixed cut-off voltage and for using the output while charging.
4 Are over-discharged lithium cells safe? (And how to test for damage.)
Big Clive tests whether over-discharged lithium cells are safe to recharge and how to check them for damage; cited in debates about deep discharge.
5 Lithium Ion Battery Explosion
Footage of a lithium-ion battery exploding, linked as a warning before people experiment with charging cells without proper protection circuitry.
6 EEVblog #919 - How To Charge Li-Ion/LiPo Batteries With A Power Supply
Dave Jones shows how to charge Li-ion and LiPo cells from a bench supply using constant current then constant voltage; followed by people charging single 18650 cells.
7 Shorting out a fully charged cheap lithium jump starter. (It didn't end well.)
BigClive opens a lithium jump starter power bank, estimating its peak current with improvised methods and showing cable and cell resistance effects in practice.
8 When lithium batteries catch fire: How overcharging can do bad things to Li-ion cells
Shows Li-ion cells being overcharged until they fail and burn; linked as a warning in threads about home-made chargers.
