Lithium battery FAQ?

 Anyone know where I can find any documentation on the care and feeding
of LiIon batteries?  Charge regimes, discharging, state of charge,
etc?  Don't know that I need to get into the chemistry of them, though
that can be interesting, and can lead to a better understanding of
lifetime, etc.

Thanks!

  Will,

Try the Panasonic web site. They have good usable data on  NIMH and NICAD, They
should have some on LION.
App notes too...

Cheers

<William P.N. Smith> wrote in message

 
<William P.N. Smith> wrote in message

http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm

 Yes, don't discharge them fully or they are done. Keep them about 2/3
charged.

<William P.N. Smith> wrote in message

 Gymy Bob wrote:


These fine people disagree with you. They say a TWENTY percent lower
limit is fine.

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When specifying the number of cycles a lithium-based battery can
endure, manufacturers commonly use an 80 percent depth of discharge.
This method resembles a reasonably accurate field simulation. It also
achieves a higher cycle count than doing full discharges.


http://www.buchmann.ca/Chap10-page6.asp
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Gymy, were you also the one who said that circuit breakers had to be
replaced after one trip?



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