Re: A UPS backed by a Lithium Ion battery - is it OK for the battery to be on full charge for months on end?
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Kevin
Yes that’s fine.
They recommend storing Lithium Ion batteries at half charge because it lengthens their life but for a UPS you sacrifice some battery life to make sure you have a full charge.
Shaun
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I have read a number of articles at battery university. I find them useful and haven’t yet found one that has errors. They state that both undercharging and overcharging Li-ion will shorten their life. Recommended charge for longest life is 3.92V per cell, which yields about 60% of full capacity. Charging to 4.1V could diminish capacity by 30% in a couple of years. So after a couple of years the battery will yield similar charge anyway but the one charged to 4.1V will continue to deteriorate whereas the 3.92V cell will live on (they talk of 8 year life but that assumes the battery is being charged and discharged. On standby one one would expect longer). Link to battery university
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