Just got some of these:

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/150952621986?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

They arrived charged, so when I recharge do I do so from flat, partial charge or what? I know some batteries like a complete discharge and others don’t, but am not sure what’s right for these. Just want to maximise on potential longevity of the batteries.

Any advice welcome.

Cheers,

Kev

They’re almost certainly Li-Ion, in which case just keep them topped up. They can be damaged by over discharging them, so don’t muck around trying to fully discharge and recharge them.

They can be damaged by over discharging them

You’re unlikely to be able to overdischarge them I’d have thought, there’ll be a protection circuit to stop that happening.

Just charge it to full, go out and ride. Repeat as required 🙂

Info in links below but the less you use them the longer they last so don’t fully discharge them intentionally and when you’re storing them for any length of time do it somewhere cool and at approx 40% charge

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/charging_lithium_ion_batteries

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries

Cheers all!