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Old 11-23-2010, 04:36 PM   #21 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by alohaspirit View Post
The only thing is that if you constantly charge to 80%
it lessens your batteries ability to charge to 100%
(shortening the range)
That is not true for all battery types, Lithium batteries like to be between 20% and 80% full 40% for storage, the last 20% is where damage is done, lead acid do however tend to like to be fully charged.
For most batteries fast charging will shorten their life a bit but the limit on fast charging is monitoring them to keep from over charging, and finding a way to dump enough electrons in.

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