Dying Batteries? Here are 5 Tips To Extend Their Life

Posted on 14 June, 2021 by Marybeth Lumayag

Batteries are our lifeline, if your car battery dies, you’re not going anywhere. And if your phone dies? You can’t call RACV (or tell your Instagram followers that your car won’t start).

There’s a lot of misinformation surrounding battery maintenance. As a result of this, people are hardly getting five years out of their long-lasting batteries. 

Luckily for you, there are ways to extend the life of lithium-ion batteries.

1. Avoid fully discharging lithium-ion batteries 

If you completely flatten your battery, make sure you charge it back up immediately. It is recommended that you should recharge a battery once it drops down to 40%. 

When a lithium-ion battery is discharged below 2.5 volts per cell, an in-built safety circuit in the battery opens and makes the battery look as if it’s dead. This makes the original charger completely useless.  Your only chance of recharging your battery is to use a battery tester with the boost function.

It’s also important not to recharge a deeply discharged lithium-ion battery if it has been stored in that condition for several months.

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