Quick battery question

[Foxtrap]

Hey guys my question is, i have two vtc 4 18650's is there any negative to charging them early like say 3.75 volts as compared to leting them get down to 3.6 befor charging
Thanks in advance for any info or opinions

 

[ImThatGuy]

Nope.

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[patsfan1130]

I hope not - I've been doing it for a couple years now I still have batteries I bought 2 years ago... Of which, none have suffered any ill effects from doing this.

 

[Foxtrap]

Thanks for the quick replys
This is a great place learn so much here

 

[VA Vince]

Do a search for "battitudes" blogs. He has some really good write ups on batteries. Not a 100% but I believe he said it doesn't matter with the VTC's, charge them whenever.

 

[pyang]

On my mechs, once my batteries drop to 3.7-8v, I notice a change in performance, so I switch them out. So far haven't seen any damage to the batteries, performance wise once fully charged again.

 

[Foxtrap]

On my mechs, once my batteries drop to 3.7-8v, I notice a change in performance, so I switch them out. So far haven't seen any damage to the batteries, performance wise once fully charged again.

This is why i asked at about 3.7 or so I'm wanting more
Thanks again for the help guys

 

[Smann245]

It's better if you don't let them get real low. Check out battery university.

 

[p7willm]

When Li batteries say they are good for xxx recharges it generally means that the battery will hold 80% of what it held when new after xxx cycles from full to empty and back to full. If you charge your batteries before they get empty it does not count as a full charge and you can do that more times. For example, if you charge the battery when it is half full/empty you can charge it about 2 times xxx. Less a little bit just because.

This is only true for Lithium chemistry batteries. Old Nickel Cadmium batteries used to "remember" where you charged them and if you recharged when half way down they eventually would only charge half way.

One of the plusses for Lithium is that they do not have the memory effect.

 

[Foxtrap]

When Li batteries say they are good for xxx recharges it generally means that the battery will hold 80% of what it held when new after xxx cycles from full to empty and back to full. If you charge your batteries before they get empty it does not count as a full charge and you can do that more times. For example, if you charge the battery when it is half full/empty you can charge it about 2 times xxx. Less a little bit just because.

This is only true for Lithium chemistry batteries. Old Nickel Cadmium batteries used to "remember" where you charged them and if you recharged when half way down they eventually would only charge half way.

One of the plusses for Lithium is that they do not have the memory effect.

Thanks from another pa guy thats what i was thinking about was the memory thought i had heard that about battery's gues it only applys to old chem battery's thanks again