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Newbie Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Victoria, Australia
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| ![]() I have a venom pro charger and having been told recently that I shouldn't really be storing my lipo batteries at full charge, I've been using the storage function on my charger before putting the batteries away. The question I have is, at what amp should I be doing the storage charge at? The storage charge function only allows the battery to be charged at a max 1.0A. All my batteries are 3200 or 4000 mah and when I've been using the storage function I've been running it at 0.5A on all batteries. Can I use 1.0A when storage charging? Am I wrong doing them at 0.5A currently? Any information will certainly be beneficial. Cheers |
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Addict ![]() Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Lilydale, Victoria, Australia
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| ![]() If you are charging them from LVC when you take them out of the car you can charge them at your normal rate (4 amps for a 4000mah sized pack) and simply stop the cycle early 1 amp will take forever If you are discharging down from full then you will be limited by the max discharge rating of your charger regardless of what rate you enter Cheers Last edited by crusey_aus; 01-01-2012 at 02:44 AM. |
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Basher Join Date: Dec 2011
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| ![]() My gens ace charger says to discharge to 3.85v per cell. |
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Addict Join Date: Feb 2011
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| ![]() My thunder ac6 limits me to 1 amp for storage charge so that's what I use. Just make sure your cells are about 3.85v each. |
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Newbie Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Victoria, Australia
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| ![]() Thanks crusey_aus, you've got all the answers for me! A number of times I've charged the normal way and then cut it off at 3.8 per cell and finish it off using the storage function. Good to know this is acceptable. Thanks mate. |
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Addict ![]() Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Lilydale, Victoria, Australia
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| ![]() 3.85v is an arbitrary value Anywhere between 3.8 and 4.0v is fine Cheers |
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