discharging batterys

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Hello everyone,

Just looking for some advice on what V to discharge my 11.1 3s lipo battery and my 11.1 3s Li-ion battery and what Amps to discharge at?

 
Lipos don't need to be discharged you run the risk of running them flat that will wreck them.

 
yes i dont think ill be playing much till next year when the weather starts to get nicer 

 
I don't bother myself given the cost vs benefit vs my time, but I've come round to being convinced that storing somewhere below maximum capacity is probably a good idea as there could be some chemical unpleasantness if you leave a lithium cell fully charged.

However, I'm not even sure what we're looking at in terms of voltage, given that a typical charger will pump cells to 4.2V rather than the nominal 3.7V, and that voltage and capacity aren't a linear relationship.  70-80% of maximum charge would mean a cell voltage of something like 3.95 - 4.02V, but I doubt that's what a charger will set as a storage voltage (and it can only see the voltage and resistance, not the actual charge).

I'll storage charge a 2S on my B6 and see what it settles down at. I've never done this before, I reckon I'll see something like 3.8V per cell / 7.6V, which would only be  about 40% charge, but I'm all tingly to find out (or that could be bad earthing).

[UPDATE]

Yup, 3.8V per cell, or about 40% charge. I'm surprised it's that low, I used a lipo that hasn't been charged for many months, and it still had to discharge it down from 4.0V per cell.

 
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If you have a decent charger there will be a storage charge option.

That will charge or discharge to the correct medium level for long term storage.

 
I'm still shocked and stunned that a "decent charger" thinks that a storage charge is so low. I'd always been told 80% by real internets experts, but SkyRC reckon it's half of that.

 
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