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Offline Jory

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how do I get the longest life out of lithium batteries?
« on: March 20, 2012, 09:49:23 PM »
my vehicle uses a 48 volt 20 AH battery and gets a 30 mile range.....shall I charge the battery after even a short trip....or delay charging until i've gone 25 miles or so?
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Offline Typhoon

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Re: how do I get the longest life out of lithium batteries?
« Reply #1 on: March 29, 2012, 05:14:25 PM »
What kind of lithium battery do you use?

If you are using LiFePo4 it should be not matter.

Other battery types like LiPo are more sensitive. For a long life they should be operated in a range of 20% to 80%.

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Typhoon
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Offline GM Canada

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Re: how do I get the longest life out of lithium batteries?
« Reply #2 on: April 02, 2012, 08:31:35 PM »
Always Charge your battery at least once a month if not in regular use.

Gary
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Re: how do I get the longest life out of lithium batteries?
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2012, 10:49:42 AM »
Enjoy using them and don't run them down to flat if you can avoid it. 
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Re: how do I get the longest life out of lithium batteries?
« Reply #4 on: April 13, 2012, 06:59:27 AM »
Here's a basic page I have on my site for Li Packs; I need to update and correct, but most of it's accurate:

Care and Feeding of Lithium Battery Packs https://www.veloverde.net/index.php?dispatch=pages.view&page_id=6

See also the attachment for a generic Lithium Sheet I hand out to my customers.
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