Winter Battery Storage - full or empty?

northernneil
northernneil Posts: 1,549
edited April 2012 in Workshop
having now taken the powerfull lights I use for winter my commute off my CX do you think its best to store them fully charged or drained over summer, I doubt they'll get used again now till October. Advise appreciated

Cheers

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  • unixnerd
    unixnerd Posts: 2,864
    Charge them and store them in as cool a place as possible. Some folk use the the fridge and that's not a bad idea!
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  • danlikesbikes
    danlikesbikes Posts: 3,898
    Sounds stupid but my lights suggested the fridge and thats where i kept the battery last year during the summer lighter months, can't tell weather it did any good or not though!
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  • maddog 2
    maddog 2 Posts: 8,114
    I'm in the same boat and looking for knowledge.
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  • JamesB
    JamesB Posts: 1,184
    I think also it is a good idea to recharge them once or twice during storage; most rechargeables lose about 1-2 % charge per day and if run to flat may not be as effective at recharging / holding charge as before.
    Have a set of Cateye which run off Ni / cad, left over summer and had real problems getting them recharged once they had fully discharged---needed to `fool` charger into giving them a proper charge as it kept auto switching off after just a few minutes recharging (needed continuous switch on / off 10x to get a full charge)

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