Foxfan Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Hi all, I'm a little worried about my Eneloop, Lipo and LiFe batteries during this period of disuse. How do I discharge batteries and should they be recharged partially? In which case how do I do that? My charger can discharge and storage charge, but only for people who speak fluent Chenglish. I can't make head nor tail of it. Thanks, Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Kearsley Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 The general thinking, with LiPo batteries at least, is to store them partially charged, to around 3.85V per cell. Most chargers will do a storage charge and normally this is intelligent in that it will charge if the cell Voltage is below 3.85V, or discharge if the cell Voltage is above that. Not knowing what charger you have, it's impossible to give exact instructions of course! I think you need to persevere and get to grips with your particular charger's way of doing it. Cheers, Tim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfan Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 My charger is an iMax B6, but the instructions are useless! Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Torsten Spitzner Posted May 25, 2020 Share Posted May 25, 2020 Posted by Foxfan on 25/05/2020 11:53:31: My charger is an iMax B6, but the instructions are useless! Martin Plug in battery and balance lead select the battery type (lipo, life etc) cycle through the options with the arrow key ( Charge, Balance charge, Storage, Discharge). Select Storage. Press Enter. Change the Amps you wish ti discharge at (it's flashing) use the arrow keys. Press enter Select the number of cells your battery is (2s, 3s etc). It's flashing. Use the arrow keys to select. Long press the start button. Charger should beep and start discharging Charger will discharge battery to storage voltage and bleep when done. If you then click on the RIGHT arrow the individual cell voltages will be displayed. Pessing ENTER will take you back to the main screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Foxfan Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 Torsten, many thanks. I'm sure even I could follow that! Martin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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