OK to charge partially discharge battery?
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KJIsaacson
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Is it OK to put the intelligent battery on the charger even when it's only about 25% down, or should I wait? I'm old enough to remember when charging partially discharged batteries created a "memory problem" resulting in severely limiting the battery life.

Since I have three batteries, I'd like to put the just-used battery on the charger at the end of each flight and pop in a fully-charged battery at the start of each flight.

So...charge the just-used battery regardless of level?

Many thanks.

Ken

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n0gga
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I would actually prefer charging them when at 25-30%. Draining them completely on every flight will ruin the batteries alot faster.
I also put them right back in the charger (or give them a minute depending om temperature). This is in case of good flying conditions in the near future. Stored batteries will drain themselves when needed.
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DroneFlying
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Is it OK to put the intelligent battery on the charger even when it's only about 25% down

Yes.

I'm old enough to remember when charging partially discharged batteries created a "memory problem" resulting in severely limiting the battery life.

Yes, that was / is true of some types of battery but that won't happen with these LiPo batteries.

I'd like to put the just-used battery on the charger at the end of each flight

They shouldn't be charged while still warm / hot immediately after a flight; let them cool off first, but yes, it's fine to charge them at any time after that.
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hallmark007
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You can set them to discharge in your app automatically, to just over 50%, no problem charging them if already partially charged, it's not a good idea to take of with less than 100% battery.
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KJIsaacson
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Great. Thanks so much.
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