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Old 06-27-2011 | 02:41 PM
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Duster_360
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Originally Posted by goin2drt
OK. So if I only race/practice once a week what is the best way to store my lipos? I have traditionally kept them fully charged. I use them on the weekend and then put them away in a lipo bag for the week fully charged.

Is this bad?

What should I do?
Storing them any time at all fully charged is supposed to raise the IR and will degrade performance over time. I charge mine to storage voltage after getting home and leave them that way until I get ready to use them and then charge them. The other thing I've seen talked about is not charging to full 4.2v/cell, but 4.1v/cell - that doesn't seem to cause the prob attributed to time at full voltage.
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