I've known for some time that when dendrites build up inside batteries, they can lead to a slow drain "killing" a cell in a group by going to zero volts) or if its bad enough, a cascading short leading to a battery fire.
I'm sure there's more to it, but...I came across an interesting statement on the web, and I have emailed the writer to get a link to the research (if possible). Don't make important decision based on an anonymous poster on the web, but...
I'm sure there's more to it, but...I came across an interesting statement on the web, and I have emailed the writer to get a link to the research (if possible). Don't make important decision based on an anonymous poster on the web, but...
"...an interesting discovery on dendrites turned up unexpectedly with Nissans experiment on Leaf owners, they gave half the study group a fast charger and half a normal one for a year, then took the batteries away for investigation. The slow-charged batteries had more growth. It seems that high-charge currents grow them one way, high-discharge the other, so...if you charge the same as you discharge, you would have near zero net growth..."