best way to store batteries away for a long time

[pantss]

Hi guys,

I have some variable voltage batteries and I have undergone a major surgery. I have and will be putting off vaping for a while and I'm wondering what's the best way to store the batteries so that they don't end up dead when I start vaping again.

Thanks!

 

[Switched]

Store them in a cool dry space (not the fridge) and if worried top them up every month or so.

 

[Sicarius]

Reason for not in the fridge - for my benefit please ?

If I were going to become a monk for two years (are they allowed to vape ?) I would get them fully sealed and stick them in the freezer. I have been told it aligns the li-ion crystalline structure and would have thought it was the best way for long term storage.

Probably been mis-informed

 

[pantss]

Any directions as to how much charge should be left before storing it away?

 

[Sicarius]

Store at 40% charge at less than 25 degrees and you will have 4% degradation over a 1 year period.

 

[Charlz]

Actually keeping the batteries in the freezer is really good for the life of rechargable batteries. keep them in a sealed ziplock so no moisture can get to them and they'll be good as new (after they thaw)

 

[Sicarius]

Works a treat on old laptop batteries to give back some life

 

[Charlz]

In the wintertime I usually leave my charged batteries in the car. But we haven't had much of a winter this year.

 

[5vz]

I would just toss them in a cabinet or closet.

Question about refrigerating/freezing. What do you do about moisture?

I heard to keep your batteries in the fridge years ago, but that was about Duracells. Did an experiment, the ones from the fridge were dead after a year, the ones in the cabinet were fine, and yes I let the fridge ones warm to room temp. Both quantities of batteries purchased at the same time. There were 8 for each place.

 

[Charlz]

I would just toss them in a cabinet or closet.

Question about refrigerating/freezing. What do you do about moisture?

I heard to keep your batteries in the fridge years ago, but that was about Duracells. Did an experiment, the ones from the fridge were dead after a year, the ones in the cabinet were fine, and yes I let the fridge ones warm to room temp. Both quantities of batteries purchased at the same time. There were 8 for each place.

Air tight container....like a ziplock bag with all the air pushed out of it. I keep rechargable batteries in a plastic container like
an old film container. Eh....does it work the same for standard batteries?

 

[stephpd]

I would just toss them in a cabinet or closet.

Question about refrigerating/freezing. What do you do about moisture?

I heard to keep your batteries in the fridge years ago, but that was about Duracells. Did an experiment, the ones from the fridge were dead after a year, the ones in the cabinet were fine, and yes I let the fridge ones warm to room temp. Both quantities of batteries purchased at the same time. There were 8 for each place.

In theory the humidity in a fridge or freezer should be very low. It works on an air conditioner principle where, before it lowers the temperature it first removes the moisture from the air. (hence the name 'air conditioner').

Problems arise from frequent opening of the doors or bad seals. Either cases allows the moisture to condense inside the fridge/freezer before it is conditioned at the heat exchanger.

Both ziplock bags and tupperware make for a lousy vapor barrier. All plastics allow for vapor transmission. Better would be Mylar bags and a dessicant used in food preservation.
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