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1. wormhole - Member

   help me out if you can! do you know if i should stow my Lion Battery full charge or run it down and then stow away for the summer?

   thanks.

   Posted 3 years ago #
2. lowey - Member

   Smudge offa here told me to store at 80% charge.

   Posted 3 years ago #
3. B.A.Nana - Member

   this is from Lumicycle website:

   Store the the battery in a cool place (in the fridge is great....not the freezer!).
   For best battery life store the battery at around 50% of charge.
   To revitalize your battery after storage: charge fully. Use ½-¾ of battery. Fully recharge again. Your Li-Ion Battery is now ready to go!

   Posted 3 years ago #
4. elliptic - Member

   Sure he said 80% charge? 40% is the usual figure quoted.

   Also, put it in the fridge.

   Posted 3 years ago #
5. Pauly - Member

   Half charge and in the fridge guys and gals.

   Posted 3 years ago #
6. abductee - Member

   If a Li-ion runs completely flat it will not recharge. If you force it to recharge it may explode. The shelf life is determined by level of charge and temperature. More charge + high temp = shorter life. The self discharge of a lion is less than ni-mh but if you store it with too little charge it may fall below the point where it will charge back up again so its a compromise between not enough charge = dead battery or too much charge = shorter life.

   you can read about it here if you have some matchsticks to prop your eyes open with.

   http://www.candlepowerforums.com/vb/showthread.php?p=2873403

   Posted 3 years ago #
7. knott4me - Member

   this is a minefield guys & there is a lot of info on the net inc the fridge option which has been flawed by the experts on so many different accounts so avoid that advice.

   Posted 3 years ago #
8. aracer - Member

   Keep it away from tigers.

   Posted 3 years ago #
9. NZCol - Member

   My battery guy said to store mine having fully charged then run the lgith for an hour or so, stick them in a ziplock and put them in the back of the cupboard. Sometime about temperature fluctuations etc.
   Anyway, have always done that and they are all about 3 or 4 yrs old now and hold full charge and seem to last basically as long as they always have. Thats amix of 4.4ah and 6.something ah ones that I use with with my iBlaaaaaast or Endurenz as it was.

   Posted 3 years ago #

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