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Old 11-26-2007, 09:31 AM
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Originally Posted by MarkBrown
Am I correct in thinking that for long-term (>1 month) storage of a lipo it is OK to charge the pack fully before storage? Does it say this somewhere on the Team Orion site? I'm asking because I noticed an article in Car Action that says you should store with 50% charge, which seems like a fussy thing to have to do.
For less than a month its ok for more than a month make sure its 50-80% charged. I killed some of my kokam airplane batteries after charging them fully and storing them that way for 6 months.
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