lipo storage
#1
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Joined: Nov 2008
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From: RIP 'Chopper', 4/18/13 miss you bud:(
With lipos at about 60-70% capacity how long can I store then? What type of maintenance is needed, just put them back to 60-70% or put a load on them and then back to 60-70%? Or charge them and run them down to 60-70%. I know you can't just let them sit for months at a time. Mine might be sitting for about 6-8 weeks.
#3
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 11,530
From: Houston, TX
I've read that lipo media begins to degrade after 2yrs and performance starts declining as a result. I've had lipos go bad stored at 50% capacity so I store mine at 80%. I do as Foxxrocket and check voltage about once a week, I do leave mine sit for months at a time and don't see probs. I did leave some at 50% and went out of country and lost them all - ever one puffed.
Your new 0610iNet charger has a function "TCS", terminal capacity selection - its a percentage figure, when you want to store one, get lipo hooked up and set TCS to what you want, I use 80%. Then start charger - it will either charge it to 80% or, if its over that already, it will discharge (slowly @ 300ma) it to the 80%. The charger though when it reaches the 80% it will beep and pause - think its 15sec and then proceed to do a full charge. You have to be there to pulll it off at 80% when it signals its there. It will not go to 80% and stop - I think you can change a default in user setup though so it will stop, but I'm not sure since I've not tried doing that.
Your new 0610iNet charger has a function "TCS", terminal capacity selection - its a percentage figure, when you want to store one, get lipo hooked up and set TCS to what you want, I use 80%. Then start charger - it will either charge it to 80% or, if its over that already, it will discharge (slowly @ 300ma) it to the 80%. The charger though when it reaches the 80% it will beep and pause - think its 15sec and then proceed to do a full charge. You have to be there to pulll it off at 80% when it signals its there. It will not go to 80% and stop - I think you can change a default in user setup though so it will stop, but I'm not sure since I've not tried doing that.




