I bought a set of Lumicycle light from eBay and the battery is totally knackered, cells have split due to water ingress. I realise I can get a replacement battery from Smudge at mtbbatteries but I can not afford the direct replacement from him just now, even though it is much cheaper than the replacement from Lumicycle.
Has anyone bought replacement 18650 cells with tabs and re-built the battery themselves?
Has anyone managed to source brand name (Panasonic, Samsung, Sony, Sanyo)3.7V 2.6Ah 18650 unprotected cells with tabs in the UK?
Does anyone know where you can get the balancing/protection PCB in-case the one I have is trashed from the leaking cells.
I realise I will have to be careful with building the battery but fortunately my boss at work has years of experience in building Lithium batteries for the oil industry and is willing to help me out.
Thanks
Rusty
