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Old 06-27-2011 | 02:44 PM
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goin2drt
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Originally Posted by Duster_360
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.
Thanks for the answer now let me follow-up with another (stupid) question. How do you charge to "storage voltage"? Let say I am charging a 2S 5000Mah lipo. What settings on my charger would I use and to how many volts would I charge to?
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