Charge the lithium-ion battery correctly - how it works

You can significantly increase the lifespan of your lithium-ion battery if you follow a few tips when charging. In this practical tip, we tell you what you should pay attention to.

How to properly charge lithium-ion batteries

Basically, the lithium ion batteries have no memory effect. Therefore, you have to charge these batteries completely differently than the battery generation before and a lot of old advice no longer applies. Sometimes these are even counterproductive and tend to ensure that the life of your battery is significantly reduced.

• With lithium-ion batteries, it is important to keep them as constant as possible at a certain charge level. Avoid completely discharging the battery. In the long run, you damage the battery and significantly reduce the service life. Basically, the charge level of a lithium-ion battery should be between 30 and 70 percent.
• Whereby "between" means that you use the bandwidth and do not try to keep the battery constantly at 70 percent charge capacity.
• Even if you do not use and store the battery for a long period of time, you should charge it to such an extent that the charge level is still around 60 percent.
• Batteries best tolerate temperatures between 10 and 35 degrees. The same applies to the chargers. If the temperature is significantly higher, you should not charge the battery, although over 40 degrees for lithium-ion batteries can basically mean the end.
• After charging the battery, you should also disconnect the charger from the socket - also to save electricity.
• Tip: Use wireless chargers only occasionally on the go - and not always. The battery heats up more when charging than with wired chargers, which in the long run hurts the battery.

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