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12thgenusa
Explorer
Aug 26, 2013

Are multiple shallow cycles harmful for batteries?

I recently came across this statement in one of the Smartgauge tech papers: "The more a battery is used the shorter it's life will be. The less it is used, the longer it's life will be. The only...
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Gale_Hawkins
Explorer
Aug 26, 2013
I expect the shallow discharge issue is more related to automatic chargers not fully charging batteries to be on the safe side. A manual charger by default fully charges (if batteries are healthy) and going into a 15+ voltage equalizing like mode.

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