DIY: Modified smart charger for all types of batteries

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  • dbuergi
    Senior Member
    • Jul 2024
    • 125
    • Deutschland

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    DIY: Modified smart charger for all types of batteries

    Hi all,

    sometimes i'm in need of a charger / tester for very small batteries and even if my multimeter doesn't show anything there is a chance that a smart charger helps to revieve. I'm happy with my Keenstone smartcharger and i made a small mod just to use it with smaller batteries like in smartwatches or even camera batteries with special contacts.
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    Soldering wires on the charger contacts and using needles as probes. I covered both with a shrink hose with integrated solder.
    My first work was to bring my Samsung watch battery back to life with was not recognized anymore by the charging station of the watch.
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  • stj
    Great Sage 齊天大聖
    • Dec 2009
    • 31121
    • Albion

    #2
    thats tacky,
    i put a pair of 4mm sockets on my charger

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    • CapLeaker
      Leaking Member
      • Dec 2014
      • 8275
      • Canada

      #3
      I just use my bench PSU?!

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