Originally Posted by
Bigbadjohn
They work great in flashlights I have a few with 18650's in
It would have been an easy job replaced those 8 with good cells then you would have had a good battery to connect in parallel
That was my original intent, but when they came from the same string it didn't just seem like a coincidence. It made me distrust the BMS, so I just replaced the pack with a unit of slightly higher capacity and eliminated any lingering doubts. Don't really need the extra range of two batteries - I got over 35 miles out of the old pack when new, and the new pack seems like it will easily meet or exceed that. It should do everything I want.