EASY FIX FOR A DEAD 'NOT CHARGING' LITHIUM 18650 BATTERY FROM A CORDLESS TOOL BATTERY PACK - PART 2

CONTINUATION FROM PART 1 • FIX A NON CHARGING LIT...
EASY QUICK FIX TO REPAIR A DEAD 18650 LITHIUM BATTERY THAT WILL NO LONGER CHARGE IN A BATTERY CHARGER
disclaimer- everyone should consider their own safety b4 doing anything.
cheaper to replace the one dead cell / battery than replacing the whole battery pack.
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[@lesneilson5632]

Just tried this method after many other voltage attempts and voila 3 batteries are now charging up wonderful news and I have read the warnings below and thanks for that input too will be aware of possibilities for damage too

[@youngtrapgod6375]

Morgan? Morgan Freeman? Is that you?

[@I_am_BiG_Al]

@DilluriHilmu i agree, sounds nothing like morgan freeman in the slightest

[@neilrogers3374]

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[@oryzamarine3318]

i thought it just me thinking that.

[@jethrosanders2475]

Bro it's Harrison Ford

[@davidgonzalez3008]

😂😂😂i was going to says the samething😅

[@windwarattack2300]

Thankyou Sir....Very nice of you for showing us your helpful tip....All of my batteries in my old Ryobi 4.0 battery did this after zeroing out in the cold winter shed...Good to know that I can now save the cells...almost threw them out until this video

[@Leddius]

Thank you Morgan Freeman. This helped me a lot. 🙏

[@jasonvoorhees4873]

funny laffed

[@MrPatrik246]

I'm so glad I'm not the only one that has thought the same

[@honestinsincerity2270]

It's called a Circuit Interruption Disc and it pops up as a safeguard for when too much pressure builds up in the cell. Whether that's from a short, damage, atmosphere, who knows. But essentially that battery at one point was saying it wasn't safe to be used. But I've seen quite a few cells revived this way. Not sure how well they hold up though

[@honestinsincerity2270]

@@fakingit4047 Will kinda. After you push it down manually you're weakening it and it may or may not be able to pop back up under pressure. It's kinda designed for a one time use and once it's popped you're supposed to get rid of the battery. But, that's not to say I've never pushed one back down, tested it thoroughly and then reused it

[@AshleyAshleyAshley395]

@@honestinsincerity2270 is it dangerous? I have several batteries that won’t take a charge. I have no idea as to why I mess up a lot of batteries. I’m sick of buying them. I tried new chargers and batteries from different sellers. I think it’s me and if this isn’t dangerous I might try it. I don’t wanna blow up.

[@honestinsincerity2270]

@@AshleyAshleyAshley395 Kinda. I mean it is a one time use safeguard so once it's tripped the manufacturer is basically saying this battery is no longer safe for use. But, with that said, they also want you to buy as many batteries as possible. Personally, I've revived quite a few cells by pushing the CID back down. And I still use them to this day.

[@honestinsincerity2270]

@@AshleyAshleyAshley395 and if that's happening a lot to you and you're using name brand cells like Samsung, LG, etc then it could be you're charging them too quickly or at too high of a voltage. Usually that'll cause heat in the cell, which cause pressure, which causes the CID to pop out. So might wanna make sure you're using a good charger on the right settings.

[@fbi-federalblyatofinvestig3853]

Im sure your house won’t hold up well.

[@mancavecreations6535]

Done this a few times before but last night burnt my kitchen side and ceiling so be very careful attempting this It's a safety feature for a reason

[@stewartbruce2409]

Absolutely brilliant video diy vinney. I was successful so far with three 18650's. When I pressed the cid button underneath I heard the reset click sound. Question: Once the the click sound,; is it necessary to press the remaining open slots? I assume there is only one reset button underneath the positive tab? Thank you for explaining the procedure with clarity, and excellent photography. Your really skilled as a tutorial master! All the best with gratitude.

[@raminazizi]

Do not boost lithium-based batteries back to life that have dwelled below 1.5V/cell for a week or longer. Copper shunts may have formed inside the cells that can lead to a partial or total electrical short. When recharging, such a cell might become unstable, causing excessive heat or show other anomalies. - Battery University

[@ericjanson1714]

Big battery hates this one tip that could save you big money!

[@paulreeder5241]

From A "Safety First!" prospective, this is not a good practice. First of all, Safety IS the main reason for this design. This is to prevent an explosion or a fire! The battery obviously had something go wrong in order to prompt the button to "Pop" up. To expect this to work Every Time, is not a good thing. Sure, you might be lucky and this battery lasts a very long time again. Or you might be unlucky and destroy your equipment or your eyes. Maybe even your house, when the batter leaks or explodes.It is never a good idea to ignore safety. NEVER! Just ask yourself if money is more important than you or your family's safety?

[@garymoses5283]

You just saved me 40 bucks and a trip to Home Depot! Can't thank you enough.

[@paulc.3122]

I've been doing this trick for years and its safe but it doesn't work in all dead batteries. But it will work most of the time. Its a great trick and there's nothing to be be afraid of doing this method as long as you're doing it right.

[@vincehair295]

agreed

[@diyvinny6300]

yup

[@cayderobertson1338]

Nat Nat 😂I just did this and my shit caught on fire shit scared me

[@louisvaldez1427]

Is it normal if the battery liquid came out from the batts but it is charging

[@michaelboot]

Louis Valdez liquid is wrong

[@cellicell2k171]

My man genius just made my day i left brand new 3000 mah 18650s n wouldnt charge did ur trick bam reconized it ..thank u

[@BigBootySeeker2]

Hey I know this was 2 years ago but did you blow up? Same thing happened to me lmao

[@DeepSouthBayouDiesel]

I know this is an older video, but thanks a million...I had an 18650 efest battery that would not take a charge. I followed your instructions and used a micro flathead to the section underneath the positive cap. My battery is now charging. Hope all's well👍

[@minnesconsinprepping7856]

Makes complete sense. It's just like a little cheapo circuit breaker installed in the battery. Great, except for the fact that it makes you unnecessarily have to buy new batteries, and, in most cases, an entire battery pack. I've got a defective 40 volt lithium ion battery, and I've seen a number of videos on how to revive them, so, getting right on that tomorrow morning! A new 40 volt battery is a hundred bucks, and from the reviews on them, even if I got a new one, that one would fail very quickly it appears. I think part of the problem is manufactures are setting the "fail safes" to conservatively, or their setting the discharge fail safe too low. In other words, they should make it so the battery is "dead" with a higher voltage left in it, so if you don't immediately put it on the charger when it's "dead" it will retain enough voltage for when you DO put it on the charger, for the charger to recognize it. But, obviously they don't want the batteries to last TOO long. You won't have to buy new batteries or tools, if that was the case!

[@desertflower5724]

Very clever indeed! Its true, they are in the business to make money over & over, not for you to be able to keep your battery working longer... If you can help yourself, then you don't need them (as often anyway)..

[@stefansingh8284]

DIY Vinny, Thank you for helping people with their issues. You titled the video 18650 CID Reset DONT DO IT. This for a very good reason. IF you want to create video's about risky tricks like this, try to explain why you SHOULDNT TRY THIS. Imagine that there are people trying this at home and ending with the possibility on lifelong injuries. A battery cost around 10 euro, it is reckless behavior messing around to save 10 euro. IF you made this video about the risks of messing with this batteries, you would have the same amount of viewers etc,. But instead of pushing people to try risky things, you would protect your viewers by giving them the right information about this kind of tricks. BEFORE YOU TRY THIS AT HOME. OVERTHINK IF ITS WORTH TAKING THE RISK TO LOSE YOUR EYESIGHT OR WORSE. JUST SPEND THE FKK 10 EURO FOR YOUR SAFETY.

[@akash2956]

I tried it on two LG 18650 batteries thank you for the quick fix

[@ProductProducer]

Greetings from Greece . Effest IMR 26650 . Not even half year battery and suddenly today died. I charge it every night btw cause i am using it for my e-chigarette. Thank you DIY Vinny. It worked like a charm . I didn't expect that tbh !!!!

[@Jbose11]

Worked on one battery, not on the another (funny enough, the one it worked on is a high quality name brand, the one that it didn't work on is a knock off no brand). Good tip, both batteries 'died' when I left them in a hot tent on a summer camping trip.

[@xarivu8071]

Thank you so much it worked on my energizer double aa battery thank you so much it’s also my birthday!!! So thank you sir

[@g0fvt]

I must admit that this worked for me, a 18650 that had been overdischarged and after a very gentle charge it went open circuit due to this venting protection. The cell did vent slightly when the button was depressed and is no longer open circuit, capacity seems close to what it was originally, it is a fake LG. Obviously this is a dangerous practice, you need to be extremely careful not to short the cell or puncture it. My "revived" cell will not be used for any high current discharge, I am still pissed that my 4 LG 18650s were fake despite being careful where I bought them.

[@melkiorwiseman5234]

Just a quick note here: If you do this and you hear a "poof" or "hiss" noise while pushing the CID disk down, that means you've punctured it which also means that the overload protection will no longer work. If the battery is overloaded, like with a short-circuit, it will overheat and could burst and catch on fire (what many people call an exploding battery).

[@desconectado2926]

Tried using my wife's Cricut weeding tool and I made it hiss on my first try...too sharp...Ayayay!!! where are my keys? Lmao. Thank you for that info.

[@travisremling7603]

OMG it worked! I had an LG HE4 dead for months was about to throw it away(like right now, last ditch effort to get it working and found this video). I did what u said and when I did, I heard a 'POOF, air like sound', and put it back in my charger and its charging now!! Amazing, THANK YOU!!

[@royh77]

Same here. I did it on a dead Panasonic battery and after hearing a short poof like gas leaking, the battery can be charged again.

[@honestinsincerity2270]

FYI - That poof sound was you puncturing the CID disc that pops after pressure builds up and disconnects the circuit as a safe guard. You were letting the pressure out and then pushing the metal disc back in place so that it makes contact. Just in case you were wondering.

[@gammaray4850]

that "poof sound" is not good bro!!! you've probably puntched the battery, and few days later your battery's electrolyte will be evaporated and the battery will be dead again😶😶

[@pianojacq]

@@gammaray4850 If you're lucky.

[@RetroPlus]

This is kind of like removing the check engine light from your car and treating it like it's fixed

[@vinnyc7613]

check engine light on means what? unsafe to drive? so in your analogy u would junk your vehicle and just buy another one. ive done this and still no explosion after a year of use, maybe a car will explode if driving w/check engine light on. its like apples argument against "right to repair", claims safety for consumers for not getting your devices repaired by 3rd party

[@RetroPlus]

@@vinnyc7613 It might be a bad analogy but my point is that it's probably not a good idea to try and bypass safety features

[@benjaminmemcic4434]

This worked for my LGR18650S batteries. Thanks for the tip

[@RandomPerson494-12c]

Thanks Man , You saved my four 18650 batteries:)

[@anthonywheeler133]

Holy cow, it worked like a CHARM. I'd have NEVER thought of trying that. My hat off to you sir...

[@50kArchipelagos]

You can learn something every day. Thanks much.

[@3LECTROSHOCKED]

done that fot some time, but noticed that cells with blown thermal fuse are usually very low on capacity :/ if thermal protection goes, that means a lot of heat was around that cell, so it cant be very good anymore.

[@ogpeepboy3446]

I love you this helped so much I was tryna fix my bat to get high asf wit my new cart rly helped my day out

[@rice3318]

I thank you for the great video and the information. I was able to revive a battery pack that was down for quite a while. It has been working well in my cordless drill. It has charged properly since the fix and I will give a further update as I continue using it.

[@blowingchannel4424]

This works. I tried it. But, if that metal thing pops up, it means that there's a over pressure inside the cell, so the battery may be not safe to use anymore. When i tried to charge the cell it got warm pretty fast, then the temperature settled at about 30°C ....after some time it started consuming a crazy current (short circuit almost) and the battery got quite hot. So not the safest trick to use (That battery was revived from a completely dead 12 years old battery pack btw, so maybe that heat is caused by it's age)

[@gammaray4850]

hey thanks bro, it actually worked on my 18650 battery which I got from my old laptop battery pack. And the battery is working fine with 3.84volts. wondering if i've watched this video before i should have save my 4 liion batteries. and for your knowledge, the pop up provides protection by disconnecting the +ve terminal after the electrolyte has be heated ( that may be due to short circuiting or over charging) once again, Thank you

[@flyisz101]

Worked for me thank you sir.

[@gabrieljoseph2159]

It I AM IN SHOCK 😲 THIS ABSOLUTELY WORKED FOR ME 😊 TOU

[@vybezmanp]

Thank you sir I was just about to throw away a perfectly good battery and then I watched this video and tried it and it worked straight away.

[@vinnyc7613]

thx, it revived my cell in the pack but i will replace it w/a new one and be way cheaper than buying a whole new battery pack. my battery pack was just over a year old and hardly used.

[@qveenissac]

Worked for one not the other but still much appreciated!

[@mrigankachatterjee5870]

Thanks dear I retrieved 2 batteries by your method

Dude 🧐 You're in my prayers tonight. Thank you so much!! ❤️

[@tinn9wetun]

Can we reset the CID Fuse on 18650 Li-ion cells by compress air?

[@ripkirby3874]

Do not do it! If you do, check the temp when recharging. It could be very high and dangerious.

[@How-To-RC]

Cheers bro. This worked like a charm. My 18650 is taking on a charge now

[@youtubeaccount7544]

THANK YOU I HAD NO IDEA WHY IT WASNT REVIVING! Its literally at 0 volts!

[@dj516nadz]

do not try this if you dont know what you are doing. only the softest pressure is needed. these are high in capacity and amperage. you can cause it to explode, not the battery it self can do that, user error is the problem. read it or weep.

[@nobodyknowsorcares6122]

Holy shit this actually worked!! Thanks a million!

[@guiterman6263]

That is not safe dude if you have to do this to a cell that cell is no good not safe

[@Gl-my8fw]

@@guiterman6263 not always true. Had 2 week old 25r do it for no good reason

[@foxbatzehro]

Damn that worked!! Thanks!

[@dsheba1]

Amazing! Thank you!

[@ik6444]

I used the a Bobbi pin with the rubber tip!

[@LeideHuend]

I had two LG 18650 HG2 batteries, which were reading zero volts from one day to another. Today, my third one suddendly died while having it in my vape. It was still almost halfway full and the vape turned off while I was taking a puff. At home it was also reading zero volts. Then I tried your fix and pressed down the pad below the button on the positive pole and while I was pushing down, I clearly was able to hear gas exiting the battery case!! So I think the shutdown/disconnect is intended by design, in case the cell is gassing out due to an internal chemical failure! I highly do not recommend using such a "revived" battery, since its chemistry is no longer stable!! Never put it in a charger again! I dumped mine now, its not worth it. Best

[@dj516nadz]

can the same be done to rechargeable AA batteries example duracell amd varta? thanks i never knew the 18650,20700,21700 had secret pressure buttons, your video saved me 4 batteries

[@dontblameme6328]

This is only applicable to protected Li batteries and it's a very very bad idea to reset them. The protection exists because these batteries are prone to thermal runaway which if not stopped leads to a nasty explosion if not interrupted by that protection.

[@blackforest1484]

Hei plis explain me. After i do like in the video. My battery got bleeding in light brown liquid. What is that? Can you tell me?

[@jasonpatrona8801]

Wow, its works in my dead laptop battery.. thanks a lot

[@Popajaja]

I have 5 pieces of Bosch PeoCORE18V 4.0 Ah, all the cells are correct, the machines work but they won't charge? The charger has been tested and works properly.

[@ik6444]

To my surprise it worked thank you so much

[@DeyMoldes]

Its very dangerous however it did work.. i tried the parallel method but it didnt work for me. But this one did.. you just have to be gentle not to damage the batteries

[@FSR-v9c]

I have about 300 NEW LG and Panasonics here and about 150 used of the same and had just thrown out like 9 of them for being ZERO responces. Damn to late now. But good to know in the futurte. I know with all these batteries i should not worry about 9 or so lost, But every one is one more than i had before when it was dead zero.

[@CATgadgetsandDIY]

i tried that in the 26650 of my anker fusion powerbank. it worked and i was the happiest man alive. it just worked for 3 days though. i tried pushing again and the battery hisses. you know when you removed the pin from a grenade and throw it off immediately? that's how i reacted

[@lunarchaosmoon7303]

a good quick fix for a very short term use. on another note, you almost sound like a younger morgan freeman lol

[@davidbolha]

LunarChaos Moon 😂

[@LordQwert]

I tried this. Had a little glasses repair sized flathead to poke around. No voltage change (0.10v), so I kept poking. Got 0.45v, then 0.85v, so I went another round of poking. Then the battery hissed at me, so I dropped it and ran away. Came back with some long pliers and a bucket. Strange smell in the air that I immediately chose to stop inhaling. Left the danger battery in my backyard for now. :-|

[@vinnyc7613]

dah, why u use metal tool, vid states not too

[@mixdpiev2716]

BE CAREFUL, mine sparked up on my Gabriel. It does work and it can charge just be very careful when doing so

[@zerodegrees8]

fyi the entire outside casing of the battery is negative. If you pierced the protective layer while probing into the positive side you will short the battery

[@artillerystudio]

morgan freeman fixes batteries - love it!

[@Mazda75]

I used the ryobi blue battery on my harbor freight’s flashlight and 100% works

[@brandonknight7240]

Is saving a 10$ or less batt. Worth loosing and eyeball? OR WORSE

[@freeman5906]

I tried this idea and it worked, thank you

[@pianojacq]

This is a *very* bad idea. That CID activated for a reason, you're asking for trouble.

[@BerdonBasa]

Awesome tutorial.. it's working

[@aishafaisal2249]

Wow this actually worked! Thanks

[@FSR-v9c]

sacrifice one battery and pull the top button off to illustrate?

[@MrSatish456]

It's working for me. My battery fully revive and charging normally.

[@nictrap52]

Works wow men thanks had them for a monthe was gonna go to store

[@howarddavis3294]

Very good video, thanks.

[@akiramatsukawa4606]

Thank you!! I just bought the batteries so it was annoying to have to pay another $30 and wait 2 weeks to get it delivered.

[@Tornadosurfer45]

This shit is amazing, I used a wine opener, with the spiral cork puller thiningy, worked perfect! I'm blown away!

[@LordTankian0]

If you're blown away doesn't that mean it didn't work?

[@desertflower5724]

@@LordTankian0 YOU! are funny! 😂

[@engrbilalahmedawan1315]

@@LordTankian0 lol

[@frankmills4701]

It worked for me thank you

[@yoyyoy1390]

Thank you sir. It works on my dead scooter battery. Godbless

[@TheJankyTank]

May Darwin guide your cheap gentle soul

[@stephenarling1667]

Elegant benison

[@shyyyky5906]

Thank you!!

[@diyvinny6300]

yw

[@polymeros]

You saved me from throwing out a perfectly good battery! Thanks!

[@cameroncurtis2135]

I'm so confused because I literally just went and bought brand new 1860 batteries and one of them will not charge or even appear whenever I put it into my vape. It just says battery error the whole time

[@netsoup1]

It seems ro work. It started to charge. Thanks.

[@rjayakumar9258]

While doing thing a gas from battery is it safe

[@traianmirica7474]

Thank you, i had the same battery after chargingit showed 0 volt and didn't think this would work, so i put a needle under that cap and using a multimeter it showed 3.3 volt after pressing around the voltage stayed. Thanks!

[@kondalaraokarneedi2955]

Is there any way to repairing 18650 battery discharging too quickly please give me reply please

[@zappyzap9787]

Can I revive a dead charger?

[@kipling1957]

I have two new 2600mAh Li-Ion camera batteries (not 18650 single cells) that I’m unable to charge properly after only a handful of charge cycles. The weird thing is when they are fully discharged the charger reports them as 90% charged. After charging to100% I only get around 5 minutes use from them whereas new they gave me around an hour (I use them to power a 7” camera monitor). I checked with a voltage meter and they definitely have zero voltage output when discharged. I doubt the charger is faulty as I have two identical chargers and both give 90% percentage readouts when the batteries are definitely flat. What is going on?

[@carlosdominguez3053]

I had a same issue with 0 volts. I literally removed a board in the negative side of the battery and is working just fine.

[@isurubenaragama4942]

It os really worked for me. Thanx a lot 👍🏼

[@paul.alarner6410]

cant you drill a small hole in the top button then press the other button in with a pin?

[@-ColorMehJewish-]

This worked great for me Def need to be careful tho -- b/c not everyone understands how electricity moves.

[@17millionpercocetplease61]

That shit be MOVIN

[@desertflower5724]

@@17millionpercocetplease61 LOL, YES IT DO!!!!

[@airisutsuchiya4622]

it worked thanks!

[@elute12345]

This dudes a tweaker for sure. Its cool if this works but most people are going to be coming here for batteries used in their vapes. When putting one of these up to your face I dont feel its something you can be a "cheap bastard" about. Still, cool if this works but totally not worth it for the people vaping out there.

[@crystalwillcox3566]

Geeks Nest PC Socitey lmfao!!

[@Hungrybird474]

I just recharged a 3.7 and now it don’t work at all . It wasn’t even dead . I think I overcharged it . It says do not overcharge on the battery but I forgot

[@TheRokkie26]

How long you need to change your battery mine is already 2 years but its still working but my charger sometimes its chat but sometimes its not pls help

[@lonefro9659]

I pushed the button and my batterie started hissing never ran outside so fast in my life. Its staying there.

[@SKYELOVER]

Oh no

[@SKYELOVER]

Are you ok

[@Cochi313]

You punctured the batt

[@spamasf3661]

I needed that laugh

[@johnathan7258]

Been there! It's still outside by my backdoor and I have done this a couple of times before. After that one I just ordered my cheap ass some new batteries 😂🤣

[@2061526]

how to test 18650 battery total capacity without lowering the cut off voltage too much?

[@cookinsdabest]

This happens to your battery because it is expanding, it's supposed to happen to prevent it from expanding to the point of failure. If you "fix" your battery with this method, you are putting yourself at risk of the battery catching on fire or "venting" as its called

[@leefreeman-roach3526]

Hello, I have two effest 18650 batteries in my smok species V2 vape, one battery works as normal but the other dies within a few hours while the working one is still over 70%, Also the abnormal battery takes over a day to fully charge. What causes this issue please if anyone knows?

[@vinnyc7613]

Internally it's a bad battery, not related to the battery in this video, time to replace, imo stay away from efest batteries

[@SherminatorPT]

Ty m8 it actually worked!!!

[@axlrose5136]

is it safe to used that fix dead batteries for vaping?

[@vincehair295]

yes, i have done it but battery might not be able to to keep up with the amps unless youre a low wattage vaporer

[@nixonsmateruby1]

I want Morgan Freeman to voice-over more videos

[@desertflower5724]

I'm just not hearing Morgan Freeman in his voice! JS...i love Morgan, & his voice is soothing! This guy? Not so soothing... Not MF soothing. OK my opinion is finished now. Thx for your time... 😂