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Zmann

06-02-2020 03:58 AM

Discharge

Is it good or bad to completely discharge your batteries every so often ?

malkiy

06-02-2020 06:17 AM

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Originally Posted by Zmann (Post 15647292)

Is it good or bad to completely discharge your batteries every so often ?

For lipo that is bad.

Andy Koback

06-02-2020 08:15 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Zmann (Post 15647292)

Is it good or bad to completely discharge your batteries every so often ?

Never discharge a Lipo below 3.2 volts per cell.

billdelong

06-03-2020 06:04 AM

If you are looking to boost the performance of your pack (particularly for stock racing), then you want to do what is called "cycling" your batteries under load, this technique is discussed in more detail here at about 7 min into the clip:

Roflsaurus

06-05-2020 07:44 AM

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Originally Posted by Zmann (Post 15647292)

Is it good or bad to completely discharge your batteries every so often ?

what do you mean by completely?

0 volts per cell is bad. really less than 3.2 volts per cell is pretty bad as well. i aim to never let a battery run or discharge below 3.2-3.5v per cell. for a 2S battery that's 6.4 to 7.0v for the pack. when i cycle my batteries in order to keep the internal resistance (IR) low, i discharge to 3.5v per cell.

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