On Thursday, January 23, 2003, at 10:45 PM, Stephen Bright wrote: >> But the Pismo's batteries are Lithium Ion ones, and LiIon batteries >> don't have >> the 'memory effect.' > > Does this mean it is not necessary (or not even a good idea) to totally > discharge a new LiIon battery and recharge it (1 cycle) before moving > on to > normal usage? > Stephen > If you completely discharge your Li-Ion battery, (just for the sake of discharging only to then re-charge) you will shorten the life of your battery in comparison to recharging it when you need it. Only Nickel based battery chemistries suffer from the memory effect which is prevented by the discharge-recharge cycle you described.
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