topic Re: Storage of NP-FZ100 battery in Alpha & NEX interchangeable lens cameras

Storage of NP-FZ100 battery

niborSonyA73 — Thu, 30 Apr 2020 16:58:41 GMT

I've heard that when a Lithium battery is not used for a period of time, it is best stored with a 50% charge.

Any thoughts?

Re: Storage of NP-FZ100 battery

Pascale_F — Fri, 01 May 2020 17:58:10 GMT

Hi niborSonyA73,

Welcome to the community.

I'll just see if I can find any help regarding this. In the meantime though, maybe another community member might have some ideas.

Thanks,

Pascale

Re: Storage of NP-FZ100 battery

Joe_Dohn — Fri, 08 May 2020 14:16:11 GMT

That's absolutely correct, due to the Lithium-ion technology, it's recommended to never let the capacity drop below 20% or rise above 80% to preserve what are referred to "Charge Cycles" and as you've mentioned, if you're going to leave them unused for a while, it's recommended to leave them at a charge between 50% and 70% to prevent accelerated degradation. I learnt this from having done exactly the opposite of everything I just mentioned with my very first smartphone! Hope this helps ^^

Re: Storage of NP-FZ100 battery

niborSonyA73 — Fri, 08 May 2020 15:59:20 GMT

Thanks Joe, you have confirmed what I thought was best practice.

Re: Storage of NP-FZ100 battery

The_Black_Rose — Tue, 12 May 2020 14:41:37 GMT

Hi NiborSonyA73,

I totally agree with Joe to be honest.

Cheers,

Rose