18650 lmr, can i take it off the charger and vape without a full charge without harming it?

[joose junkie]

i have efast 18650 2500 mah, 35a. i know its probably not a good idea, but giving the safer nature of these batteries im not extremely worried, will it cut the life of my battery if i were to leave on charge for an hour, take off, have a vape, than put it back on? it seems that these take way too long to charge and at the moment i dont have any backups. am i hurting the battery, or am i ok by doing this?

 

[ukeman]

I'm not an expert but as long as they are charged up above 3.6 I'd say go for it. I believe its bad for the batt if you go below 3.2v

 

[iamthevoice]

Unlike NiCad batteries, lithium cells do not suffer "memory effects" but you should be more careful of how much you discharge them (they are more sensitive than NiCads in terms of over discharge) and you should store them topped up but not at max voltage for greatest life span! Check out Badtitude's blog posts, tons of great info on batteries!

 

[joose junkie]

thanks, im not worried about discharge, im at a steady 3.8 right now. i just dont wanna kill the memory by giving it short charges (1 and a half to 2 hours) without letting it fully charge. i run pro grade nicad rc trucks and ive learned my lesson with that.

 

[Israfil]

As the voice said....you're good. Lipo is the answer to memory, It's like the Dory of the battery world. ^_^ Also...if you can get ahold of lipos for your trucks you'll probably get better runtimes and more power. Losi or Team Associated? (or traxxas)

 

[Ryedan]

thanks, im not worried about discharge, im at a steady 3.8 right now. i just dont wanna kill the memory by giving it short charges (1 and a half to 2 hours) without letting it fully charge. i run pro grade nicad rc trucks and ive learned my lesson with that.

As has been said, lithium ion batteries have no memory effect at all.

For long term storage, 3.6-3.65V is best. That's what you'll mostly find the cells at when you get them and that's the reason.

 

[zoiDman]

i have efast 18650 2500 mah, 35a. i know its probably not a good idea, but giving the safer nature of these batteries im not extremely worried, will it cut the life of my battery if i were to leave on charge for an hour, take off, have a vape, than put it back on? it seems that these take way too long to charge and at the moment i dont have any backups. am i hurting the battery, or am i ok by doing this?

That's Funny because we were talking about this in Another thread.

Here is some Interesting Info.

Most Li-ions are charged to 4.20V/cell and every reduction of 0.10V/cell is said to double cycle life. For example, a lithium-ion cell charged to 4.20V/cell typically delivers 300–500 cycles. If charged to only 4.10V/cell, the life can be prolonged to 600–1,000 cycles; 4.00V/cell should deliver 1,200–2,000 and 3.90V/cell 2,400–4,000 cycles. Table 4 summarizes these results. The values are estimate and depend on the type of li-ion-ion battery

How to Prolong Lithium-based Batteries - Battery University

BTW - Battery U is an Endless Source of Great Information.

 

[joose junkie]

traxxas i was team losi until, well, ya know catastrophic failure, but im running my vintage clodbuster on lipo right now and its pretty sick.