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Discharging
The main purpose of discharging is to clean residual capacity of the battery, or to
reduce the battery voltage to a defined level. The same attention should be paid to
the discharging process as charging. The final discharge voltage should be set up
correctly to avoid deep-discharging. Lithium battery can not be discharged to lower
than the minimum voltage, or it will cause a rapid loss of capacity or a total failure.
Generally, Lithium battery doesn
'
t need to be discharged. Please pay attention to the
minimum voltage of Lithium battery to protect the battery.
Some rechargeable batteries have a memory effect. If they are partly used and
recharged before the whole charge is accomplished, they remember this and will only
use that part of their capacity next time. This is a memory effect It is said that NiCd
and NiMH batteries are suffering from memory effect. NiCd has more memory effect
than NiMH.
Lithium batteries are recommended to be discharged partially rather than fully
discharged. Frequent full discharging should be avoided if possible. Instead, charge
the battery more often or use a battery of larger capacity. Full capacity cannot be
reached until it has been subjected to 10 or more charge cycles. The cyclic process
of charge and discharge will optimize the capacity of battery pack.
Attention should be paid to the connection of Lithium battery especially.
Do not attempt to disassemble the battery pack arbitrarily.
Please get highlighted that Lithium battery packs can be wired in parallel and in
series. In the parallel connection, the battery s capacity is calculated by multiplying
single battery capacity by the number of cells with total voltage stay the same. The
voltages imbalance may cause fire or explosion .Lithium battery is recommended to
charge in series.
WARNING AND SAFETY NOTES
Turnigy Mega 1000W
