Thank you, that's most helpful.
I will have to check my charger settings....I can't be sure at the moment what the discharge rate off hand. I understand what you mean though.
I see how a performance/spec graph would be helpful...I don't know if I'll ever get to that, but I'll look for that if I ever need a new charger. The charger I have might be able to do it...just haven't looked into it.
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Originally Posted by Kos-Mos
5. Discharge the pack fully, plug a wire between the two sides to keep if fully drained. When you intend to use it, cycle 2-3 times and use it. You should discharge the pack a LOT higher than that... around 5A should be good for that type of pack. Because what you are doing does nothing, should as well just not cycle them.
You can tell by discharging the pack at about 1C and checking voltage. A no-load discharge (when plugging the meter at both ends) means nothing. You would need to have a graph or reference for your battery before that. I know my charger can trace it for me when it cycles, then I just need to read the values at each 10% to know it. You can get a good estimate when your charger gives you the cycles data. If your pack is 1100mAh, Discharge should be around 900-1000mAh and charge about 1200-1300mAh. The tighter they are, the better the shape of the pack is. When you charge it after a cycle and you get at or under the "theorical" value, it means that your pack is dead/dying. I have a 3800mAh that will cycle about 2900mAh charging... when I fire the gun, it shoots 3-4 BB before droping voltage under 4V...
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