I have recently bought some new Lipos and was wondering if there is an advantage to discharging them down to 3.0v. After any race meeting I have been to my lipos always come out of the car above the storage voltage of 3.85 so my charger/discharger discharges to put them in a state of storage. So they are always between charged and storage.I was wondering if there is an advantage to discharging further?

No advantage. You're doing it right. When not in use, always storage charge them. Been doing this for years and have never had a lipo issue.

What voltage are they coming off the track at? If they're under 4v/cell I wouldn't worry about it. IMO

3v/cell is too low for a storage charge. No reason to go that low.

(and I'm moving this thread)

I don't discharge mine after the race day is over. I know that mine are usually about 3.8 when I'm done so I just leave them there. I don't think I'd go down to 3.0...That seems pretty low.

Sorry Guys, I meant is it neccessary to discharge lower than storage voltage occaisionally to maintain punch or maintain capacity?

Agree. As long as you are between 3.6 and 3.9, I leave mine alone.

I believe the thinking is that a lower voltage would decrease loss of capacity over a long period of storage time (years), but the risk of self discharge and permanent damage results in a best practice of 40-50% full.

The only other thing you can do is store them some place cool. I know some people store them in freezers, but you have to allow ample time for the batteries to warm up before using them and in my opinion it's too much effort to a minor capacity savings.

As everyone else has said, you're following best practices.