Battery self-discharge and timeline until death.

[GMack]

I have the P4 batteries set for 10 days for the self discharge thing.

If they are not used for a month, will they drop too low to where they will no longer charge back up, with the consequences of "Buy a new one" from DJI Service as their warranty is also very short (6 months.)?

Aside, I'm not a fan of these DJI Intelligent batteries at all. I have older Li-Pos in power tools that require a smart charger and they are 5 years old and still working well. Even my old RC aircraft Li-Pos last longer (Years!). DJI not so much, and more like a planned quick obsolescence: "Let them self-drain until under x.x volts and they are toast."

 

[msinger]

If they are not used for a month, will they drop too low to where they will no longer charge back up

No. It should take 3+ months to drain them to a dangerous level. Instead of blindly waiting for something bad to possibly happen, I recommend you maintain them like this.

 

[microlinux]

DJI not so much, and more like a planned quick obsolescence: "Let them self-drain until under x.x volts and they are toast."

That's not planned obsolesence, that's physics.

 

[SoundByte]

The P4 charging hub has a storage mode for keeping your batteries at 50% for extended periods.

 

[sar104]

I have the P4 batteries set for 10 days for the self discharge thing.

If they are not used for a month, will they drop too low to where they will no longer charge back up, with the consequences of "Buy a new one" from DJI Service as their warranty is also very short (6 months.)?

Aside, I'm not a fan of these DJI Intelligent batteries at all. I have older Li-Pos in power tools that require a smart charger and they are 5 years old and still working well. Even my old RC aircraft Li-Pos last longer (Years!). DJI not so much, and more like a planned quick obsolescence: "Let them self-drain until under x.x volts and they are toast."

They only self-discharge to around 50%. After that any losses are just internal leakage, which should be extremely low. They will remain for months at the 50% storage level. I would guess that it would take an unreasonably long time for them to reach any kind of damaging low-charge state.