Batteries Stockage

[Pochi]

Hi,

I will get a Mavic Mini as my 1st camera drone for Christmas. I am reading the manual as well as watching videos and I am wondering what the truth is regarding batteries stockage :
- The manual says batteries need to be discharge manually after 10 days unused.
- Some people ( I think I heard about this on Drone Valley channel) says that Li-on batteries do not need to be discharged like the Lipo need. They are not subject to wear if stocked fully charged.

So what’s the truth?

Best regards,

Pierre

 

[old man mavic]

never store your batteries fully charged ,regardless of the chemistry involved, it will over time limit their useful life cycle

 

[piknew]

For Li-Ion if you are planning to store battery - discharge them to around 3.6 for each cell. You may use function in DJI Fly App (tap battery symbol and you will see current voltage).

 

[Mike6158]

How does one discharge the batteries? I've been putting a full charge on the Mavic Mini and Mavic Pro 2 batteries every time I put it up. The Mini controller loses some charge over time but the drone batteries are almost always in need of a charge. I don't fly every day or even every week.

 

[Ynksfan27]

I use the battery to power bank adapter and then hook up my phone or iPad to discharge the battery.

 

[Mike6158]

In my RC flying days we had a battery cycler that did all of that for us. The Pro 2 is fine. Now that I understand that it discharges itself I won't go through a bi-monthly recharge. The controller holds a charge fine. I've read quite a few times, watched a video, etc that said the mini batteries don't self discharge. Mine do. If they sit for a couple of weeks all three of them need to be charged and the controllers is pretty low. Low enough to recharge it but not as low as the batteries are

 

[Thomas B]

IMHO, Recharge batteries used on a given day to about 50%. Let the others do the auto discharge to that level. When you’re going to fly charge the batteries to full.