I don't think leaving a battery on the charger is healthy. First the charger itself can overheat. When I charge my battery and tested the temperature on the charger is really very hot. You can charge you battery full and it stay full for a long time if you don't use it.
Oh, didn't know that... So when you press it, it reset to 0 days from for example 3 days from the full charge?
If the battery is functioning as designed it will stop charging when full so whether or not the charger remains connected will make no difference. As to staying charged for a long time the maximum will be 10 days before auto discharge commences (subject to the days to discharge setting applied) providing the power button isn't pressed which will reset the commencement time for the counter.
I agree with everything you said, being the fact that I am technically inclined myself after 35 years of experience. However I have seen these "technical" explanations, theory's or whatever you like to call them stated many times on threads that do not require such detail that many people would not understand. Being that personally I have written many technical documents for training and actual implementation of, for the lack of a better term "Procedures", I feel that there are too many that go too far in explanations to those who are not so inclined. Bottom line is we here in the states used to have a saying......KISS....an acronym for instructional procedures. I know this is a bit winded and I mean no disrespect whatsoever. In fact, I also did training with the RAAF here in the states. I know that is meaningless really but just wanted to toss that out there. I'm not saying that details are not worth saying. I get that. But in most cases, and this one no exception, just rely on KISS. Sorry for the long rant, just IMHO. Peace my Aussie Friend!
Yeah fair enough, I would have thought the explanation was fairly basic (i.e simple). The gist was if you hope to maximise the life and performance of the battery keep it somewhere between 30 and 50% level and in a cool place for storage and charge it close to when you plan to fly. If you need to keep it constantly charged ready for flight be prepared for a significantly reduced service life.
Its not a competition by any stretch of the imagination. No point to that. I was just voicing an opinion and if you look around here long enough you will see what I meant by that. I know its just in the nature of folks to add more details than necessary for a particular question, and there is no fault in that at all. It just makes it a bit harder for those who do not know the terminology used in reference to the question, that's all. That is of coarse unless it is something so easy that it gets frustrating to explain. And in a brief answer to that question, I agree, NO. As far as I know there is no "Exact" percentage discharge number, and even if there was it would vary from battery to battery. Anywhere between 30% to 50% should be fine for storage. So if you are below say the 30% level, there may be no auto discharge at all. Just not a good way to determine exactly what that number is, unless you have the test equipment to do so. But if you know for certain that you have a fully charged battery that has been sitting and has not started auto discharge, use it before that time and you won't have to worry about it. That's what the discharge is for. To protect the battery.
