Ryobi 18V Lithium 4AH Batteries

Hey folks in Electronics, we have some Ryobi batteries that show no voltage when tested with a multimeter, so I was wondering if there was something wrong with the chip or contact maybe.

If anyone wants to, Logistics has 2 batteries that could use some debugging. We’ll be buying more regardless but it could be something fun to debug.

Let me know!

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In my experience, one of the 18650 cells has died, and then shows no voltage across the terminals. The other cells are likely usable for a variety of things.

1)Break it open
2) Test the cells individually
3) ???
4) Profit! $!#/!!

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