New battery shows 4 charge cycles?

[AerOhio]

Just purchased a "new" battery from eBay, just because I checked charge cycles before doing anything. It shows 4 charge cycles. Should a new battery show previous charge cycles? Thanks

 

[Dronason]

Not the ones I got and I would say they should have been tested by a few cycles and then the counter cleared by DJI.

 

[Dronason]

By the way, welcome.

 

[msinger]

Should a new battery show previous charge cycles?

No. A battery showing 4 cycles means it was most likely charged at least 8 times.

 

[Former Member]

If it has 4 charge cycles on it, then it has been charged 4 times. Not new.

 

[AeroMirage]

It actually has been charged 5 times. When they are new they show zero and the first charge does not show either.
Not new.

 

[msinger]

It actually has been charged 5 times.

It most likely has been charged at least 8 times since the "Times Charged" counter is not incremented until the battery has been charged 100% of the way (from 0% to 100%). For example, if you charge a battery twice from 50% to 100%, the "Times Charges" counter will only be incremented by 1.

 

[Flycaster]

Ebay = a trip to Las Vegas...........a gamble....
Period.

 

[jzilla80]

It most likely has been charged at least 8 times since the "Times Charged" counter is not incremented until the battery has been charged 100% of the way (from 0% to 100%). For example, if you charge a battery twice from 50% to 100%, the "Times Charges" counter will only be incremented by 1.

I always wondered about this, thank you for clearing it up for me...
Do you suppose its the same for all DJI Lipo packs?
I'm specifically asking about Mavic 2 (since this thread is from 2017)

Many thanks