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Old 02-14-2011 | 07:26 PM
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Dave H
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It targets 3.85V per cell resting voltage. Notice it will stop every so often to check voltage, the volts will drop (or rise if discharging) a little.

That said, they are known to storage charge to higher than that, the storage deal works better on the discharge side.

Why would you discharge to 3.0V? Not good for battery condition, capacity, life, or IR. Especially if you did it with the charger (what I’m assuming from your comments & why I bring it up), as at a lower constant discharge rate that is effectively a much deeper discharge than hitting a LVC under a relatively larger peak amp draw, and thus larger voltage drop.

Not saying it’s a big deal, but if you’re worried about 0.025V that will last until the first wiggle of the steering servo….. Taking care of depth of discharge and storage procedures will give you more performance than that very little overcharge ever will.
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