Really enjoyed your video. Just bought one of these and wanted to fully discharge it to 10v to do a capacity test. Many people have told me not to as they say it can damage the battery. After seeing you do it I feel like it shouldn't hurt to do it once. Will it hurt the battery? Would appreciate your response you seem pretty knowledgeable on this subject.
thanks for your comments. That is correct, it will reduce longevity of the battery if you bring it down to the 10V mark, but only if it is done repeatedly. If you do it just once or twice just to do a capacity test, the damage will be negligible. Also, the BMS will likely prevent if from going to 10V because what may end up happening is that one of your cells will reach 2.5V before the 3 others do. Try it once to get the full battery capacity and then just use it. Charge it up immediately after it reaches this depleted state to further limit the damage.
Really enjoyed your video. Just bought one of these and wanted to fully discharge it to 10v to do a capacity test. Many people have told me not to as they say it can damage the battery. After seeing you do it I feel like it shouldn't hurt to do it once. Will it hurt the battery? Would appreciate your response you seem pretty knowledgeable on this subject.
thanks for your comments. That is correct, it will reduce longevity of the battery if you bring it down to the 10V mark, but only if it is done repeatedly. If you do it just once or twice just to do a capacity test, the damage will be negligible. Also, the BMS will likely prevent if from going to 10V because what may end up happening is that one of your cells will reach 2.5V before the 3 others do. Try it once to get the full battery capacity and then just use it. Charge it up immediately after it reaches this depleted state to further limit the damage.
Hi, might purchase for these this week. Hope they are holding up.