Losi LOSB9606 - Manual (Page 12)

WARNING AND SAFETY NOTES
Discharging
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Always refer to the battery manufacturer’s recommendations for charging current and duration. This is
especially important for lithium batteries.
Make sure that the polarity is correct when connecting your battery to the charger. This is particularly
important for lithium batteries.
Do not attempt to disassemble batteries.
The main purpose of discharging is to condition the capacities of the cells and to reduce the battery’s
voltage to a defined level for storage. The same attention should be paid to the discharging process as
charging. The final discharge voltage should be set up correctly to avoid over-discharging the battery.
Lithium batteries cannot be discharged to lower than the minimum voltage without rapidly reducing
capacity and risking catastrophic failure. Generally, lithium batteries do not need to be discharged.
Please pay close attention to the minimum voltage of lithium batteries specified by the battery’s
manufacturer to protect the battery.
Some rechargeable batteries have a memory effect. If they are partially discharged and then recharged,
subsequent charges will be limited to this reduced capacity. This is a ‘memory effect’. NiCd and NiMH
batteries may be more prone to this memory effect, with NiCd exhibiting a higher sensivitiy to this.
Lithium batteries should only be partially discharged. Frequent full discharging should be avoided. You
should either charge more often or use a battery with higher capacity. The charge<>discharge cycling
will help to optimize the capacity of the battery pack.