Building Tips – Winter Storage of Batteries

The following information, extracted from: batteryuniversity.com, provides a neat summary of all you need to know about storing batteries. You will find a lot more information about batteries at batteryuniversity.com.

Li-ion and Lipo are equivalent.

SoC refers to State of Charge, full charge being 100%

Because of self-discharge, some batteries may need to be topped-up.

Li-ion and Lipo are equivalent.

SoC refers to State of Charge, full charge being 100%.

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“State of charge” should not be confused with capacity. Capacity declines but the reduced capacity can still be displayed on your charger as “fully charged”.