GadgetGuy
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Thanks for clarifying your findings. Myself, on the newer P4P batteries, I take them down below 10% on almost every flight with no adverse effects. However, their 0% is likely the 10% on the P3 batteries, as they are very conservative, and are still at 3.6V per cell at 0%!I can only report what I found for my 3 batterys tested ... all 3 had a cell go below 3.0V ..... and it appeared that the FW worked on 12V total instead of individual cell ....
As I said in the post - this is what I saw. It may not correspond to what another finds. I also strongly advise others not to do the test - you could end up with a $140 brick for disposal.
I know I have had some argue with me about this and also the TOP end full charge status - again - I say what I got in testing.... others may get different.
The main thing is to maintain the batterys in reasonable manner and not over-discharge. I try to stay around the 30% mark max to land. Only if absolutely necessary do I go below that 30% warning .... and even then I avoid 20% like the plague !
Nigel