Re: Question on lithium ion batteries.

Menno Schaaf <[email protected]> Fri, 23 Jan 2015 16:46:25 +1100
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No memory on Lithium batteries, that was an effect you would see on
Nickel-Cadmium batteries and in a more limited sense Nickel-Metal-Hydride.

Only issues with Lithium batteries is they like to be kept cool, and the
best long term storage charge amount is about 30%, not full.

Menno

On 23 January 2015 at 16:42, William Bennett <[email protected]> wrote:

> So, having absorbed, from my friends,  the dangers of partially recharging
> a  lithium-ion battery due to “memory”, I read the insert that came with
> the new laptop battery:  –
>
> “Recharging a partially charged lithium-ion does not cause harm because
> there is no memory. Short battery life is mainly caused by heat rather than
> charge/discharge patterns.”
>
> Um, who's right?
>
> William Bennett,
> Armidale.
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