Best battery practices

[BobWarner]

New to Mavic Pro use. Any tips on battery use?
I.E. When I run down (by flying) the battery to 15-20%, is it a good idea to leave the aircraft ON to run the battery down to ZERO before re-charging?
Many Thanx - Bob

 

[msinger]

is it a good idea to leave the aircraft ON to run the battery down to ZERO before re-charging?

No. It's perfectly fine to recharge the battery from any level.

Any tips on battery use?

Check out my tips here:
HOW TO: Maintain and store your DJI Mavic batteries

 

[old man mavic]

New to Mavic Pro use. Any tips on battery use?
I.E. When I run down (by flying) the battery to 15-20%, is it a good idea to leave the aircraft ON to run the battery down to ZERO before re-charging?
Many Thanx - Bob

no do not run the battery to very low levels you should be storing them around 40 to 60 percent when not in use i set my first low battery warning to 40% and critical warning to 25% if your store them to low it is as bad as storing them fully charged

 

[BobWarner]

No. It's perfectly fine to recharge the battery from any level.


Check out my tips here:
HOW TO: Maintain and store your DJI Mavic batteries

THANX, msinger ! Big help!

 

[BobWarner]

no do not run the battery to very low levels you should be storing them around 40 to 60 percent when not in use i set my first low battery warning to 40% and critical warning to 25% if your store them to low it is as bad as storing them fully charged

thanx

 

[e143slime8]

I found out yesterday that the Mavic Air does not have the option of adjusting the "days before auto drain" occurs. I'm told that it is preset by DJI.

 

[conchman]

Does anyone know if its dangerous to fly the AC with a battery in 'auto-drain' mode? I once had to get a shot and did just that, because I didn't have time to re-charge the batteries. The AC flew fine but I was worried.

 

[old man mavic]

Does anyone know if its dangerous to fly the AC with a battery in 'auto-drain' mode? I once had to get a shot and did just that, because I didn't have time to re-charge the batteries. The AC flew fine but I was worried.

you should always start your flight with a full battery if possible,as far as auto drain mode as you call it, once you start the battery that mode ceases to be in operation so you are just flying with a none fully charged battery

 

[conchman]

you should always start your flight with a full battery if possible,as far as auto drain mode as you call it, once you start the battery that mode ceases to be in operation so you are just flying with a none fully charged battery

Even after take off, there was a red warning header on the GO4 app that said 'battery in storage mode' or something like that. The warning stayed up during the whole flight, which had me worried.

 

[old man mavic]

Even after take off, there was a red warning header on the GO4 app that said 'battery in storage mode' or something like that. The warning stayed up during the whole flight, which had me worried.

i have not come across that issue myself because i never store my batteries fully charged,and my batts have never gone into self discharge mode,i know that if you have them stored fully charged then that can damage the cells if they are kept like that for an extended period when the warning came on did it have an X in a red circle in the corner if so you could have just cancelled it the same as a high wind warning i dont think it would affect the flight it is just letting you know that the battery was self discharging

 

[conchman]

i have not come across that issue myself because i never store my batteries fully charged,and my batts have never gone into self discharge mode,i know that if you have them stored fully charged then that can damage the cells if they are kept like that for an extended period when the warning came on did it have an X in a red circle in the corner if so you could have just cancelled it the same as a high wind warning i dont think it would affect the flight it is just letting you know that the battery was self discharging

No, there was no way to cancel it. The flight was normal so I guess it does not affect performance.