Hi guys, this is Jorge again from SIRS-electronics. And today I would like to talk to you about
how to take care of your battery and the Safety Basics.
OK, so first of all, let’s talk about what factors affect your battery. You got two factors:
your environmental factors and your physical factors. OK, so environmental factors include
stuff like direct sunlight, humidity or water damage. Now, while these are factors that
are easily avoidable, you always want to make sure that you avoid them as much as you can.
Direct sunlight to your battery might cause it to puff and make it all expand and it also
overheats it. Humidity and water damage will cause your battery to die slowly and cause
it to expand as well. Physical factors include stuff like physical damage, pressure or puncturing
your battery. And this can cause you battery to burst or explode depending on how hard
you puncture it. If you puncture your battery really hard you can actually have the lithium-ion
acid to leak in a gas form and this can cause either severe skin burns or even asphyxiate
you if you’re not well ventilated. Just make sure that you use eye protection and
hands protection and your working in a well ventilated area when you’re disposing of
damaged batteries. Secondly, I would like to let you know how
to preserve your battery. OK, so you have to take safety basics to preserve you battery
but I’m sure they’re really important basics. First of all, do not overcharge them
above their safety voltage; that safety voltage for overcharging is called the full charge
voltage, and it’s usually protected by a Protection Circuit Module which will help
you not overcharge them. This module also helps to not overdischarge them, which is
another important thing. Do not overdischarge them otherwise you’ll have your cells dying
slowly. Also make sure that do not draw more current than necessary from your batteries
and this is specified by your C-ratings. And by not drawing more current than specified
you’ll always have a good battery to work with. Make sure that when you store them,
you’ll never store them below 32°F or above 140°F. And just make sure that you always
store them not at full capacity, OK. Our batteries have a fuel gauge that will tell you how much
battery it has, so you can go from 20% up to 100%. Make sure you store them between
40 to 60% to ensure you battery’s efficiency to last over the years.
Thirdly and finally, I would like to say how to improve your battery’s life. OK, so you
can start with safety basics just like charging or discharging them correctly. Do not always
overdischarge them, or overcharge them. Another thing you can use is how to choose the right
charger. We have two separate chargers here: so first of all, you have your basic plug-n-play
charger. This plug-n-play charger just connects to your wall outlet and has one LED that will
help you understand how to charge it. A Red LED means that is charging and a Green LED
means that is already fully charged, and it has an XT60 connector so you can charge your
battery like that. They’re more cheaper but they’re pretty basic. If you want a
more complex charger, you can always use a smart charger. This smart charger comes with
a variety of options to charge. They’re a little bit more expensive but they’ll
give you a lot of options. You can have them display different kinds of charging capacities;
you can select your current, you can select your voltage or how many cells you have on
your battery. You can also select what type of battery and what type of charge you would
like to use. They have balancing options to balance each cell individually, and they have
temperature sensors, etc. These are pretty good and basic chargers that will help you
charge your battery more efficiently but they’re also more expensive.
So, just remember the things that we talked about today. How to improve your battery,
how to preserve it and remember all those kinds of factors that affect your battery
are the ones that you want to prevent, otherwise you might have a really bad outcome. OK, well
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