Cheers, gave me enough hints to crack open my own damaged powerbank (charging input port damaged) - those tabs hold it together something fierce! Managed to shim mine open with some thin but robust metal spudger pry tools (the ones which look like epoxy glue spreaders), only a few bits of plastic damaged and the case will go back together afterwards.
Were you able to fix the charge input? My power bank is 3 years old. However, it was not used that often. Now it only gets very hot during the charging process
I have a 10000 one, with Qualcomm QuickCharge 3 capabilities. I really like it, had it for the last 5 years, it hold out pretty well, but yesterday I noticed the cells died, I was considering replacing myself, but after your video decided not to. Thanks!
The NCR18650B batterys are the absolute best 18650 cells on the market. Most all high end 18650 batterys sold today, AW, Orbtronic, Keeppower, and so on are all Panasonic NCR18650B cells. Anker knew what they were doing when they built this charger. I own fifty four 18650 batterys because im a high powered flashlight junkie and they all use 18650's.
NCR18650B? A proper 4.8A output stage? Wow, that's one skookum choocher of a power bank. It's a bit strange that they used a 2S setup with boost for charging and buck for discharging. Most power banks have it the other way around, with a 1S battery setup. BTW, probably not a good deal for cannibalizing cells - NCR18650B is quite cheap nowadays, about $3 to $4 per cell. If you paid more than 24 bucks, you would've been better off ordering bare cells.
Be careful replacing laptop batteries with other cells. I recently replaced the battery on my dell m6800 and then harvested the old cells to find that they had a charge voltage of 4.35 volts rather than the normal 4.2V. Had I replaced them with normal 18650's not rated for the charging voltage I would have been running some risk. Always look up datasheets.
samsung(?), lg chem and panasonic are the world's largest battery manufacturers and Panasonic will operate most of Tesla's massive gigafactory so your next cells could somehow be made there
CapXon and Samxon are likely nothing to be afraid of at this point. Around mid 2000s, a lot of smaller capacitor manufacturers ended up buying fake electrolyte and many products were contaminated, and we still see the effects now. After all, good Taiwanese manufacturers often used these Hong-Kong capacitors because they were fine, the test batches were fine, a few years of production batches were fine, the quality was pretty close to higher-tier (Taiwanese perhaps, not Japanese) companies and much better than from other Chinese brands, until one day, they weren't! And then eventually they were OK again. Chances are, they actually learned from the failure. I'd trust them more than any of the new companies that pop up every day at this point, and Aishi (mainland China) never actually made it to any tier lists or got any quality assessment - they're not exactly new, but they did rename themselves in the meanwhile, perhaps in the wake of electrolyte fiasco, which the ones you mention did not.
> one-way I have one of these with a broken micro-USB connector (it's now rattling around somewhere inside the case); does that mean it's basically beyond repair aside from salvaging the cells? I wouldn't mind having to wrap it in duct tape or something afterward, but if it's completely impossible to put back together, it'd probably be a waste of time.
Are you sure about the voltage? It looks to me they are all in parallel, so it should be 4.2 volts. I didn't see any turned the other way. I have a pack like it and they are 4.2 total. Most are 4.2 volts and they use a boost converter to increase voltage to 5 volts for the output.
Just how much did you spend on this power bank? I got mine for $130 AUD couple of years ago. I doubt that buying 6 panasonic cells would set you back even half that amount. 🤔
Thanks. Can the charger's usb charging plug be changed out? Mine popped inside and the unit now has the ... "charging port death rattle" otherwise perfectly fine . .
That definitely does not have balance charging, as it would unnecessarily increase cost. It is just two banks of 3, nothing more. Actually the wire in middle is COMMON and wires on outer edges are for each separate bank. It is done this way just to make sure no more then 2 cells will affect other cell (charge or discharge in even of failure)
Passive balancing is incredibly cheap for a configuration like this. Nonetheless, the cells are in in series back to front. If there were two banks, one would be negative, which makes no sense. Also the gauge of the centre tap wire is higher than the other two, so it is certainly not a common.
Ridiculus that this is marketed as 20100mAh.. not even close to what you can realisticly pull out of that thing. At the 5V you get, that is 14874 mAh (if we assume no losses)
Thank you for an informative teardown. It would have been even better if you had put the device on the table and used something like a pencil to indicate details. As it is, there is too much movement in the shots.
Cool! Just yesterday I was searching for teardown of Anker 26800... and found one video. Awesome! 26800mah model contains 8x18650. Anker PowerCore+ 26800mah is listed as $79.99 on Amazon Canada. (Heck even Amazon .com is listing same pack for $79.99 USD!) What I wanted to say is that... in USA, you can buy 4 pack Panasonic NCR18650B for $25USD directly from Amazom.com In Canada, there is only one listing of NCR18650B being sold directly by Amazon.ca @ whopping $25 per one. Or Two for $23 from non-full filled by amazon.ca (likely from china) So... it is actually heck of a lot cheaper to buy Anker PowerCore+ 26800 model and crack open to get these Panasonic NCR18650B cells. Anker does have Astro E7 26800 for $10 cheaper but I haven't seen anyone crack open that one just yet. But now that you have shown that your model contains same Panasonic cells, so even greater deal for extracting the cells. Sorry for slight off topic but as always,,, thanks for you videos. I always find it interesting. Happy Canada Day! (soon) btw... Yes, PowerCore series sure is better bang for your money but I would hate not to be able to fast charge the power bank itself. It would just take too many hours. I would slow charge when I don't need it soon but... when those moments come... I need/want to charge the power bank itself in a hurry. Just me. Oh one more thing... Are these cells protected or unprotected cells?
I love your videos but, the brand new Panasonic 3400mAh NCR18650B unprotected battery is sold on Amazon for less than $6 per if you purchase 4 or 6. The LG version is a bit less, and Sanyo version is a bit more.
What is the purpose of wiring these batteries in series as opposed to parallel? I'm designing a battery pack of my own and I'm curious about that configuration over the parallel one I'm considering. Great video by the way!
They should be wired in parallel to get the full 20100 mah,otherwise the capacity will be much less.In series configuration the voltage doubles,but not the capacity,assuming the cells are alike.
Hey, informative video. Thanks! This is a going to be a really bizarre question, but what does that battery pack weigh when disassembled. Since I know the mass of the NCR18650B, and I assume the circuitry is similar, I'm looking to calculate the weight of the 10,000mAh Anker battery pack without its case on. Cheers!
I got a smaller one (6.7Ah?) for $12 or so from a sale last year. I wonder if it has the same cells. It's the right size for two 18650s. I'd tear it down and have a look, but it would probably wreck it.
i busted the usb connections on mine after a few years of usage. do you have guide on how to repurpose the cells for a laptop battery? would love to give my mom a new battery as her oem and replacement batteries are ass
what I don't get is why they use these AA-looking batteries in power banks and even in Tesla cells. Is there not a better format like the flat laptop batteries? Also It would help with the weight...
It's all about economies of scale. Standard batteries will always be less expensive per mAh than custom cell formats. 18650s can also be more rugged and safer than flat cells.
thanks for clearing that out. Still weird to see that a Tesla battery is made up of thousands of these individual cells. Crazy if you imagine all the wasted space in between the cells or the weight the metal casing of every single cell adds to the car.
stuff2review tesla for the model 3 will be moving from 18650 (18mm diameter, 65 mm length) to 21700 cells (21mm diameter, 70 length) to make that slightly less of an issue. But basically, these cans are very strong for their weight. Flat cells need a larger and stronger enclosure to keep them safe, and are more likely to damage each other if one of the cells breaks.
Is there anyway to remove the USB output ports and replace them with just 2 wires one for positive and one for negative? And also is there anyway to tap into the wires going in directly from the battery to use the full capacity of all 6 batteries?
dude i know this is an old comment but honestly here: just find the 5v and ground pin going from the usb into the board and tap into those...By full capacity of all batteries I assume you mean you want to get the parallel capacity from all of them, in that case just snip the leads off the cells and wire all the "+" together and all the "-" terminals together, you will get 3.7-4.2 and the added capacity of all the cells together
How can I send you a pic of my Anker PowerCore 20100 because the board doesn’t look anything like yours so I think that someone has altered mine in order to capture data from my phone while I was charging it.
Funny, Mark, that you salvaged that just for the batteries. What I would like, is that charger/balance board, all by itself! Hope you did not discard it. IMRbatteries.com and Liionwholesale.com are reputable OEM battery vendors, that do not clip you on shipping. Look up Battery Mooch here on RUclips, Reddit, or what not to see his list of vendors and tested cells. What I would really like to find is a modular balancing and charging apparatus, so I could build an arbitrary sized powerwall. Stack them like Legos. Ideas?
Quick question, what's the voltage out the batteries in the board? From what you said sounds like 3x 3.7v, is this correct? Wanna modify it and add a qc 3.0 board in there.
I have a adata pv150 after close inspection I noticed a problem and realized my red wire inside had been disconnected I know where one end goes but I can't seem to figure out where the other end is soldered to the black on is connected to a green strip right in the middle of the 4 battaries does my red wired connect to the green strip or directly to the battaries !? help please
Hello! I have the exact model however my powerbank stops charging my cellphone after like 3 minutes. the phone says it's charging slow. This is in both ports of the powerbank. I use anker USBs I bought like 5 of them. When I connect the phone to the wall it charges just fine. Do you have any Idea of What's going on? I gess there is a problem with the powerbank's USB.
Hi, I need to use it in a proyect and I need an output for 5v as the specs told, but when i measure conected to a USB 2.0 cable I only have 3,2v could you tell me how should I do to get 5v?
with my power bank the On/Off button just fell apart. (10:05 the upper part where the button is) I cant start it. I opened it up to see the same interior as in this clip but sadly i dont know how i can fix the damn thing. Any help?
I am interested in getting a power bank to operate as a cheap UPS for a gadget that is running on USB power, so I would like to ask a question: is it possible to charge this battery bank while it is simultaneuosly providing power to a load?
Enrico Conca I literally just ordered one yesterday on eBay and why would u want to charge it and use it at same time ? if ur charging the power bank to the wall then do the same connect ur phone to the wall trust me getting this is worth it
Because I cannot tolerate interruption of the power supply to the device in case the AC power drops for some reason. So having a battery bank that can supply power to the load while charging at the same time is perfect.
hey my 20100 anker portable charger dont charge my note 4 fast and i have this anker for 1 year and in the last 3 momth it make the problem i said , what can i do?
Why would you buy the power bank to remove the cells from when you can just buy 6 of the exact same 18650 batteries that are in this unit for cheaper and without the hassle of having to extract them? If you indeed have some logical reason for going this route, you probably should have stated so in the video, because I'm sure there are many other people besides me wondering the exact same thing…
lahma69 if you try buying the loose cells, you've got about fifty fifty odds or worse of getting fakes. Especially if you try to do so for cheaper than this pack. Which is exactly what he said in the video.
I'll admit that the cost of buying individual quality batteries is closer than I thought, but still, the Anker PowerCore 20100 is going for $40 on Amazon right now. You can buy Samsung INR18650-35E batteries for $6/piece from 100% reputable sources (such as Illumn), or from a couple of reputable vendors on Amazon for $5.50/piece, which even have free shipping (though it appears both of the Amazon vendors are out of stock right now). I agree that if you aren't buying from reputable sources that your odds of getting legitimate batteries are bad (prob well under 50%), but if you're not doing your research before you purchasing them (and properly testing them when you get them if you're buying from a source not totally vetted by the community), and expecting to get a legit battery for 1/8 of the normal price, that is kinda on you. There is also the matter of fake battery banks. Anker is probably the most widely copied/counterfeited power bank brand there is. Though I'm not sure how widespread the issue is when compared to fake 18650 batteries, there are many many reports of this exact power bank being counterfeit, even from "Amazon Fulfilled" vendors. In that case, you are surely going to be getting fake unreliable batteries anyway. Lastly, there is the matter of having to pull a power bank like this apart and extract the batteries. Though its not that big of a deal, if you're not going to use the charging circuitry for anything, and can get individual batteries that are for sure 100% legit for the same price or less, its not something I would want to mess with. So... I don't think its as clear cut as I initially thought, but its clearly not that clear cut going the other direction either.
"The Urban Prepper" has done a review on Anker products. Have a two 18650 cell Goal Zero for power back-up. (Not designed to be reusable) Thank you for the video ! tjl
Cheers, gave me enough hints to crack open my own damaged powerbank (charging input port damaged) - those tabs hold it together something fierce! Managed to shim mine open with some thin but robust metal spudger pry tools (the ones which look like epoxy glue spreaders), only a few bits of plastic damaged and the case will go back together afterwards.
Were you able to fix the charge input? My power bank is 3 years old. However, it was not used that often. Now it only gets very hot during the charging process
That why Anker PB price is expensive than other, They use High Quality Japanese Cell Battery :)
that thing has been solid quality for over the past 6 years, stays charged for months without losing more than 1 bar of power
what I never get it says the capacity is 20100mah or 72.36Wh but at 5 volts that doesnt at up or am I missing something there?
I have a 10000 one, with Qualcomm QuickCharge 3 capabilities.
I really like it, had it for the last 5 years, it hold out pretty well, but yesterday I noticed the cells died, I was considering replacing myself, but after your video decided not to.
Thanks!
The NCR18650B batterys are the absolute best 18650 cells on the market. Most all high end 18650 batterys sold today, AW, Orbtronic, Keeppower, and so on are all Panasonic NCR18650B cells. Anker knew what they were doing when they built this charger. I own fifty four 18650 batterys because im a high powered flashlight junkie and they all use 18650's.
You can actually read Made in Japan on the Panasonic cells. Excellent!
NCR18650B? A proper 4.8A output stage? Wow, that's one skookum choocher of a power bank.
It's a bit strange that they used a 2S setup with boost for charging and buck for discharging. Most power banks have it the other way around, with a 1S battery setup.
BTW, probably not a good deal for cannibalizing cells - NCR18650B is quite cheap nowadays, about $3 to $4 per cell. If you paid more than 24 bucks, you would've been better off ordering bare cells.
Strange? Wouldn't say so. Should be less efficient at charge and more efficient at discharge, which is good for its use case.
In my country no one sells li-ion sells cheaply so stealing cells from this seems like a good idea because it's flying of the shelf.
You are smart. These cells were made in Japan which are of premium quality. Keep in mind, even many mobile phone batteries are made in China.
Damn straight dropping knowledge lol! The battery info at the end about the coolum or whatever its called was really interesting
Be careful replacing laptop batteries with other cells. I recently replaced the battery on my dell m6800 and then harvested the old cells to find that they had a charge voltage of 4.35 volts rather than the normal 4.2V. Had I replaced them with normal 18650's not rated for the charging voltage I would have been running some risk. Always look up datasheets.
Interesting
samsung(?), lg chem and panasonic are the world's largest battery manufacturers and Panasonic will operate most of Tesla's massive gigafactory so your next cells could somehow be made there
I have the model 20000. Very interesting to see what's inside. Thanks!
CapXon and Samxon are likely nothing to be afraid of at this point. Around mid 2000s, a lot of smaller capacitor manufacturers ended up buying fake electrolyte and many products were contaminated, and we still see the effects now. After all, good Taiwanese manufacturers often used these Hong-Kong capacitors because they were fine, the test batches were fine, a few years of production batches were fine, the quality was pretty close to higher-tier (Taiwanese perhaps, not Japanese) companies and much better than from other Chinese brands, until one day, they weren't! And then eventually they were OK again. Chances are, they actually learned from the failure. I'd trust them more than any of the new companies that pop up every day at this point, and Aishi (mainland China) never actually made it to any tier lists or got any quality assessment - they're not exactly new, but they did rename themselves in the meanwhile, perhaps in the wake of electrolyte fiasco, which the ones you mention did not.
> one-way
I have one of these with a broken micro-USB connector (it's now rattling around somewhere inside the case); does that mean it's basically beyond repair aside from salvaging the cells? I wouldn't mind having to wrap it in duct tape or something afterward, but if it's completely impossible to put back together, it'd probably be a waste of time.
To bad Anker has never heard of Pump Express!!! :( And why did they get rid of VoltageBoost Technology for PD port? Instead of?
I need to replace a USB port on one of these. Is that feasible at all? It doesn't look like it would go back together again very easily.
7:36 The right amount of RAM to play tetris
That's not actually 24000 mAh
3500 mAh max 18650 x 6
21000 mAh not 24000 mAh
Even the famous brands now a days are scamming on us
Are you sure about the voltage? It looks to me they are all in parallel, so it should be 4.2 volts. I didn't see any turned the other way. I have a pack like it and they are 4.2 total. Most are 4.2 volts and they use a boost converter to increase voltage to 5 volts for the output.
That is happening here. Getting boosted via buck converter.
Just how much did you spend on this power bank? I got mine for $130 AUD couple of years ago. I doubt that buying 6 panasonic cells would set you back even half that amount. 🤔
Thanks.
Can the charger's usb charging plug be changed out?
Mine popped inside and the unit now has the ...
"charging port death rattle"
otherwise perfectly fine
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I have the exact same powercore 20100 and failed right after the warranty was over! It doesn't take charge presuming charging capacitor blew up!
Same I assume that happened too. There's no sign of life at all. Seemingly randomly too.
Did you try using a hot air gun to soften the glue?
That definitely does not have balance charging, as it would unnecessarily increase cost. It is just two banks of 3, nothing more. Actually the wire in middle is COMMON and wires on outer edges are for each separate bank. It is done this way just to make sure no more then 2 cells will affect other cell (charge or discharge in even of failure)
Passive balancing is incredibly cheap for a configuration like this. Nonetheless, the cells are in in series back to front. If there were two banks, one would be negative, which makes no sense. Also the gauge of the centre tap wire is higher than the other two, so it is certainly not a common.
Ridiculus that this is marketed as 20100mAh.. not even close to what you can realisticly pull out of that thing. At the 5V you get, that is 14874 mAh (if we assume no losses)
Thank you for the teardown, very good batteries inside.
Cool vid. What is the best / safest power bank you have taken apart?
anker makes laptop batteries too, it's around 45 dollars
I did not realize how valuable power banks were, until i played survival games.
i wonder why they don't make power banks with replaceable batteries?
Thank you for an informative teardown. It would have been even better if you had put the device on the table and used something like a pencil to indicate details. As it is, there is too much movement in the shots.
Cool!
Just yesterday I was searching for teardown of Anker 26800... and found one video.
Awesome!
26800mah model contains 8x18650.
Anker PowerCore+ 26800mah is listed as $79.99 on Amazon Canada. (Heck even Amazon .com is listing same pack for $79.99 USD!)
What I wanted to say is that... in USA, you can buy 4 pack Panasonic NCR18650B for $25USD directly from Amazom.com
In Canada, there is only one listing of NCR18650B being sold directly by Amazon.ca @ whopping $25 per one.
Or Two for $23 from non-full filled by amazon.ca (likely from china)
So... it is actually heck of a lot cheaper to buy Anker PowerCore+ 26800 model and crack open to get these Panasonic NCR18650B cells.
Anker does have Astro E7 26800 for $10 cheaper but I haven't seen anyone crack open that one just yet.
But now that you have shown that your model contains same Panasonic cells, so even greater deal for extracting the cells.
Sorry for slight off topic but
as always,,, thanks for you videos.
I always find it interesting.
Happy Canada Day! (soon)
btw...
Yes, PowerCore series sure is better bang for your money but I would hate not to be able to fast charge the power bank itself. It would just take too many hours.
I would slow charge when I don't need it soon but... when those moments come... I need/want to charge the power bank itself in a hurry.
Just me.
Oh one more thing...
Are these cells protected or unprotected cells?
Ya, the 26800 is $10/cell and the 20100 is $6.10/cell. Can't beat that. They are unprotected cells.
I love your videos but, the brand new Panasonic 3400mAh NCR18650B unprotected battery is sold on Amazon for less than $6 per if you purchase 4 or 6. The LG version is a bit less, and Sanyo version is a bit more.
Los Los I guess you've missed the part where we were talking about purchasing in Canada.
Damn, Anker jacked up the price to $49 CAD now. I blame Pokemon Go. haha
You are right - I thought it was in the US
This is ironic-cool because when I got this, all I could think of was "this is a laptop battery".
So ove got two open thick red wires that run down the cells that are not connected and were never connected to anything just curious
Can u make a video on putting the cells in your laptop?
Was about to ask the same question! Can you plz! Thanks!! and great video!
They are 3.3v Each, a laptop runs on 16V, or at least my mac air does.
Some are in series... some are in parallel to achieve desired capacity and voltage. All battery packs are.
3.6 Actually. 3.6x5 = 16.5V like your mac
Lol insane :)
Excellent. I was looking to take mine apart and dud not want to damage it..,thank you thank you thank you!
What is the purpose of wiring these batteries in series as opposed to parallel? I'm designing a battery pack of my own and I'm curious about that configuration over the parallel one I'm considering. Great video by the way!
Amazing indepth video. How would you rate the drop / shock resistance? Looks like the shell would crack before the internal components got damaged.
Mine flew off the bike twice going 15mph down a mountain trail. Its a bit scratched, but fine.
ive dropped mine violently many many times.
They should be wired in parallel to get the full 20100 mah,otherwise the capacity will be much less.In series configuration the voltage doubles,but not the capacity,assuming the cells are alike.
Nope not true. USB is 5V so you should step down rather then step up from ~4V.
Amazing video
Hey, informative video. Thanks! This is a going to be a really bizarre question, but what does that battery pack weigh when disassembled. Since I know the mass of the NCR18650B, and I assume the circuitry is similar, I'm looking to calculate the weight of the 10,000mAh Anker battery pack without its case on. Cheers!
lukeify my wild guess for that circuitry is that it weighs almost nothing. certainly much less than half a cell.
If you can discharge at up to 4.8 amps, are you limited to 2.4 amps per port?
If I took my powerbank apart, can I use the cells separately to charge 18650 devices such as flashlights?
I got a smaller one (6.7Ah?) for $12 or so from a sale last year. I wonder if it has the same cells. It's the right size for two 18650s.
I'd tear it down and have a look, but it would probably wreck it.
i busted the usb connections on mine after a few years of usage. do you have guide on how to repurpose the cells for a laptop battery? would love to give my mom a new battery as her oem and replacement batteries are ass
what I don't get is why they use these AA-looking batteries in power banks and even in Tesla cells. Is there not a better format like the flat laptop batteries? Also It would help with the weight...
It's all about economies of scale. Standard batteries will always be less expensive per mAh than custom cell formats. 18650s can also be more rugged and safer than flat cells.
thanks for clearing that out. Still weird to see that a Tesla battery is made up of thousands of these individual cells. Crazy if you imagine all the wasted space in between the cells or the weight the metal casing of every single cell adds to the car.
stuff2review tesla for the model 3 will be moving from 18650 (18mm diameter, 65 mm length) to 21700 cells (21mm diameter, 70 length) to make that slightly less of an issue.
But basically, these cans are very strong for their weight. Flat cells need a larger and stronger enclosure to keep them safe, and are more likely to damage each other if one of the cells breaks.
Is there anyway to remove the USB output ports and replace them with just 2 wires one for positive and one for negative? And also is there anyway to tap into the wires going in directly from the battery to use the full capacity of all 6 batteries?
dude i know this is an old comment but honestly here: just find the 5v and ground pin going from the usb into the board and tap into those...By full capacity of all batteries I assume you mean you want to get the parallel capacity from all of them, in that case just snip the leads off the cells and wire all the "+" together and all the "-" terminals together, you will get 3.7-4.2 and the added capacity of all the cells together
In ANKER we trust!
I have 2 of them still working most of the time (corrosion). Good look back, Panasonic aint the biggest anymore :) Go Tesla tho.
How can I send you a pic of my Anker PowerCore 20100 because the board doesn’t look anything like yours so I think that someone has altered mine in order to capture data from my phone while I was charging it.
I have the same battery it is fully charged but it does not charge my phone the out put not working can you tell me how to solve this problem
why it is impossible to get only the PCB, i want to charge a 2s5ah battery per usb, and everything i can find is for 1s
Funny, Mark, that you salvaged that just for the batteries. What I would like, is that charger/balance board, all by itself! Hope you did not discard it. IMRbatteries.com and Liionwholesale.com are reputable OEM battery vendors, that do not clip you on shipping. Look up Battery Mooch here on RUclips, Reddit, or what not to see his list of vendors and tested cells. What I would really like to find is a modular balancing and charging apparatus, so I could build an arbitrary sized powerwall. Stack them like Legos. Ideas?
Hey do you know where I could buy a new circuit board for my one?
What did you do to that main board? I need to replace mine
Can you tell me the value of resistance which used in pcb of power bank near nagitiv point of battery?
how did you open it ? I need to open my powercore II but i have no idee how to do it, I mean how to remove the plastic box in the outside.
can u make a video on how u actually use the cells as a laptop battery replacement? !thanks great video
Quick question, what's the voltage out the batteries in the board? From what you said sounds like 3x 3.7v, is this correct?
Wanna modify it and add a qc 3.0 board in there.
Hello. Do you happen to have any idea what the black plastic is on the case?
Very probably the black plastic is ABS plastic.
I have a adata pv150 after close inspection I noticed a problem and realized my red wire inside had been disconnected I know where one end goes but I can't seem to figure out where the other end is soldered to the black on is connected to a green strip right in the middle of the 4 battaries does my red wired connect to the green strip or directly to the battaries !? help please
nice stuff ANKER IS A+
only reason why i wanted to open it was to repaint the shell
Hello! I have the exact model however my powerbank stops charging my cellphone after like 3 minutes. the phone says it's charging slow. This is in both ports of the powerbank. I use anker USBs I bought like 5 of them. When I connect the phone to the wall it charges just fine. Do you have any Idea of What's going on? I gess there is a problem with the powerbank's USB.
Hi, I need to use it in a proyect and I need an output for 5v as the specs told, but when i measure conected to a USB 2.0 cable I only have 3,2v could you tell me how should I do to get 5v?
If I take mine apart does it ruin it or can I still use it
I took apart the same thing but should I be messing with it when the batteries are charged
Dont fuckin short or penetrate it.
The Sanyo NCR18650B is ~$5.50 per cell.
Three of my Ankers have died. Nice while they lasted. Will be buying cheap crap in future.
are they 18650 cells ?
You convince me...Will buy this one if I ever manage to get money to buy a new phone :P
wow, MIJ lithium cells !
Where will this board meet from Anker Power Bank
dude good japan cells do not cost that much just buy from a good seller in usa
You can get these cells for about $4 each.
I was thinking the same thing makes no sense. Just buy the raw cells
where can one buy them?
Proper Noun I recommend fasttech
thanks
He wanted to make a video about the battery anyways
I have the astro E1 which is a very small version of that.
It works really well and it does fast charging with my galaxy s6.
Actually it’s not 18.4 volts , it’s 3.7 volts they are wired In parallel
with my power bank the On/Off button just fell apart. (10:05 the upper part where the button is)
I cant start it. I opened it up to see the same interior as in this clip but sadly i dont know how i can fix the damn thing.
Any help?
Can I charge it with 220v?
can you show me the battery setting of this power bank
I am interested in getting a power bank to operate as a cheap UPS for a gadget that is running on USB power, so I would like to ask a question: is it possible to charge this battery bank while it is simultaneuosly providing power to a load?
No. It will shut off the output when charging.
Thank you for the quick aswer, I really appreciate it. I will keep digging.
Enrico Conca I literally just ordered one yesterday on eBay and why would u want to charge it and use it at same time ? if ur charging the power bank to the wall then do the same connect ur phone to the wall trust me getting this is worth it
Because I cannot tolerate interruption of the power supply to the device in case the AC power drops for some reason. So having a battery bank that can supply power to the load while charging at the same time is perfect.
Well if you only want the batteries can I have the DC to DC board? lol
Dude this is awesome! Great video and you just earned yourself a sub!!
when i charge my anker battery, it makes a strange noise, that sound to scare the mosquito.it is normal to do that?
dang guess the one i have that wont charge is not worth taking apart in an attempt to repair oh well.
Hallo I need this control bord. How can I get pls
hey my 20100 anker portable charger dont charge my note 4 fast and i have this anker for 1 year and in the last 3 momth it make the problem i said , what can i do?
Fady Sherif contact Anker.
Would I be able to use it outside of the case like this?
"dc to dc, its D-ecent from what i C" pls halp im dying
i need this circuit can someone help me plz, how i can get?
Can I buy your old one???
Just but the batteries individually, it would be cheaper.
Does anybody know where to get those control boards or any info to get them on ebay?
Hi could you tell the ic no of circuit
I just got mine today, the battery is at 50% can I use it already or should I charge it fully first then use it.
Thank you.
Doesnt matter..
Why would you buy the power bank to remove the cells from when you can just buy 6 of the exact same 18650 batteries that are in this unit for cheaper and without the hassle of having to extract them? If you indeed have some logical reason for going this route, you probably should have stated so in the video, because I'm sure there are many other people besides me wondering the exact same thing…
lahma69 if you try buying the loose cells, you've got about fifty fifty odds or worse of getting fakes. Especially if you try to do so for cheaper than this pack. Which is exactly what he said in the video.
I'll admit that the cost of buying individual quality batteries is closer than I thought, but still, the Anker PowerCore 20100 is going for $40 on Amazon right now. You can buy Samsung INR18650-35E batteries for $6/piece from 100% reputable sources (such as Illumn), or from a couple of reputable vendors on Amazon for $5.50/piece, which even have free shipping (though it appears both of the Amazon vendors are out of stock right now). I agree that if you aren't buying from reputable sources that your odds of getting legitimate batteries are bad (prob well under 50%), but if you're not doing your research before you purchasing them (and properly testing them when you get them if you're buying from a source not totally vetted by the community), and expecting to get a legit battery for 1/8 of the normal price, that is kinda on you. There is also the matter of fake battery banks. Anker is probably the most widely copied/counterfeited power bank brand there is. Though I'm not sure how widespread the issue is when compared to fake 18650 batteries, there are many many reports of this exact power bank being counterfeit, even from "Amazon Fulfilled" vendors. In that case, you are surely going to be getting fake unreliable batteries anyway. Lastly, there is the matter of having to pull a power bank like this apart and extract the batteries. Though its not that big of a deal, if you're not going to use the charging circuitry for anything, and can get individual batteries that are for sure 100% legit for the same price or less, its not something I would want to mess with. So... I don't think its as clear cut as I initially thought, but its clearly not that clear cut going the other direction either.
There's only one vendor of Anker batteries on Amazon that matters, and that is Anker. Don't try to save two bucks at the risk of getting a fake pack.
Hooo is panasonic Ncr18650B
recently a person who changed my power bank ports but he damaged itt 😢
"The Urban Prepper" has done a review on Anker products. Have a two 18650 cell Goal Zero for power back-up. (Not designed to be reusable) Thank you for the video ! tjl
It costs 80$ in my country. Lucky me..