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Old 01-08-2015 | 08:01 AM
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Originally Posted by Piles
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?
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.

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