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Is it better to let lithium batteries stay plugged in or constant 80/20 cycle (lemmy.world)
submitted 2 years ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml
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I am doing research on best practices for my lithium batteries and lifepo4 powerstation. There's some conflicting opinions and variation for cycle numbers.

Will leaving my things plugged in at 100% hurt it more than constantly unplugging at 80% and replugging at 20%?

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[โ€“] 4 points 2 years ago

I believe it's because software managing batteries needs to calibrate voltages to understand how charged a battery is. Fully power cycling allows, for example, your phone to understand what 100, 0 and everything in-between.

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