dRebelXT said:My freezing means the battery dry and unusable due to long time idleness.
Confused now.guojielun said:i guess you're refering to memory effect? if the batt is fully drained before sitting on it's butt for the past 6mths it should't be any problem but if it's fully charged it should be a goner... anyway litium ions has little memory effect though
dRebelXT said:Confused now.
Do I store battery fully charged or fully drained if I anticipate not using it for few months?
Thank you. Understood.guojielun said:always store it fully DRAINED. never store it charged. never never :nono:
Where did you get this information from?guojielun said:always store it fully DRAINED. never store it charged. never never :nono:
this will depend how the owner store the battery...n how they take care of it...dRebelXT said:Some CSers misunderstood me I guess. I use my cameras oftenly and intended to
purchase a 2nd hand system which was "used only once during the past 6 months".
thomas_lkt said:Where did you get this information from?
Any references?
this is called self-discharge not memory effect.guojielun said:i guess you're refering to memory effect? if the batt is fully drained before sitting on it's butt for the past 6mths it should't be any problem but if it's fully charged it should be a goner... anyway litium ions has little memory effect though
yanyewkay said:this is called self-discharge not memory effect.
"Memory effect" is the state where the battery refuses to hold the specific amount of charge it was designed for.
The common effect which we see: Battery being charged full but depletes rapid beyond it's normal capacity is actually termed "voltage depression".
either way, depression or memory, it does not describe the batteries in storage and losing it's charge