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Best Practice for Battery

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‎07-24-2018 12:01

‎07-24-2018 12:01

Can I get some guidance on best practices to maintain battery health with the Versa?

 

Ideally at what level should I recharge the battery?  I don't want to charge it too often but I also think it is bad to run it down too far!

 

Thanks.

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‎07-24-2018 15:01

‎07-24-2018 15:01

This HELP article ought to answer your questions.

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‎07-24-2018 15:29

In response to SunsetRunner

‎07-24-2018 15:29

Does not answer at what %is best to recharge device please let me know 

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‎07-24-2018 16:31

In response to laurebabus

‎07-24-2018 16:31

There is no "best"!  I and many others i've talked to about this usually recharge around 10-20%.  But sometimes there are reasons to do it at another time and you shouldn't concern yourself too much one way or another.

 

Keep asking the question if you like and you will get many varying opinions.

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‎07-24-2018 17:00

In response to SunsetRunner

‎07-24-2018 17:00

I generally charge my fitbits when they are between 30-50%, mainly because that is what it's on at the end of my working week. Today I decided to go on a walk before work with my Ionic using GPS, so I gave it a little top up before I left. In other words I just charge them when I feel they need to be charged to get me through the day at least. I'm yet to run into any issues.

 

People will tell you to keep the charge level between 40-80% to maximise the battery, but personally I haven't got the time to keep monitoring the charge level and topping up etc. 

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‎07-24-2018 18:26

In response to N8teGee

‎07-24-2018 18:26

Thanks! 

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‎07-24-2018 21:15

In response to laurebabus

‎07-24-2018 21:15

I wouldn't let it go below 20% too often. I don't think it's good for battery longevity. I usually top it up every two or three days, or when I'm going to be idle for an hour or two if it's close to 50% charged.

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‎07-24-2018 22:55 - edited ‎07-24-2018 23:03

In response to SunsetRunner

‎07-24-2018 22:55 - edited ‎07-24-2018 23:03

The suggestion for lithium polymer batteries is to keep the charge between 10 and 90%.

Little recharges around 30-70% are also OK, as LiPo batteries have no memory like NiCd. But of course every charge warms up the  chemistry and wears it out a bit. Depending on your care and usage such a battery will loose half of its capacity after 2-5 years.

If surrounding temps drop also the available capacity drops. So below 0°C in winter you might only have 50-70% of the capacity you have in house or in summer 😉

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