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Is it OK to reduce the charging current for a Li-ion 18650 battery?
The 2019 Stack Overflow Developer Survey Results Are In
Announcing the arrival of Valued Associate #679: Cesar Manara
Planned maintenance scheduled April 17/18, 2019 at 11:00UTC (8:00pm US/Eastern)What is the minimum charging current for NCR18650 li ion battery?How fast can a Li-Ion battery be charged?Charging li-ion cell using constant-voltage onlyPowering a Raspberry Pi Rover with Lithium Ion Batteries and Charging Them18650 Samsung SDI cell to replace smartphone batteryAppropriate charging current for parallel 18650 lithium cellsCharging ~40 18650 cells? - Huge DIY powerbank14watt 6v solar panel feeding to a TP4056 based charger for charging a Li-ion batterycharging lithium ion battery of 3.7vis it OK to use battery while charging?What is the minimum charging current for NCR18650 li ion battery?
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I am using NCR18650 batteries with the tp4056 charging module.
When I connect the charger at 2.8 V (fully discharged), the tp4056 IC is getting hot at a 1 A charge current. Is it OK to reduce this charge current by changing the charge current selecting resistor? So the tp4056 IC heat would be reduced, wouldn't it?
For my application I don't need a quick charge. With a low current, charging time will be increased, but it does not matter for my application.
Will reducing the charge current affect the battery's lifetime? Or will it damage the battery?
I am trying to reduce the heat of the tp4056 IC by reducing the charging current, maybe from 1 A to 500 mA or less. The 18650 battery never heats for a 1 A charge current.
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I am using NCR18650 batteries with the tp4056 charging module.
When I connect the charger at 2.8 V (fully discharged), the tp4056 IC is getting hot at a 1 A charge current. Is it OK to reduce this charge current by changing the charge current selecting resistor? So the tp4056 IC heat would be reduced, wouldn't it?
For my application I don't need a quick charge. With a low current, charging time will be increased, but it does not matter for my application.
Will reducing the charge current affect the battery's lifetime? Or will it damage the battery?
I am trying to reduce the heat of the tp4056 IC by reducing the charging current, maybe from 1 A to 500 mA or less. The 18650 battery never heats for a 1 A charge current.
batteries battery-charging lithium-ion liion
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I believe that it is fairly widely known that charging the li ion cells at a lower current actually extends the battery life in terms of the number of charge/discharge cycles that they can handle.
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– Michael Karas
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I am using NCR18650 batteries with the tp4056 charging module.
When I connect the charger at 2.8 V (fully discharged), the tp4056 IC is getting hot at a 1 A charge current. Is it OK to reduce this charge current by changing the charge current selecting resistor? So the tp4056 IC heat would be reduced, wouldn't it?
For my application I don't need a quick charge. With a low current, charging time will be increased, but it does not matter for my application.
Will reducing the charge current affect the battery's lifetime? Or will it damage the battery?
I am trying to reduce the heat of the tp4056 IC by reducing the charging current, maybe from 1 A to 500 mA or less. The 18650 battery never heats for a 1 A charge current.
batteries battery-charging lithium-ion liion
edited Mar 31 at 14:22
Peter Mortensen
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asked Mar 30 at 15:34
komto909komto909
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I am using NCR18650 batteries with the tp4056 charging module.
When I connect the charger at 2.8 V (fully discharged), the tp4056 IC is getting hot at a 1 A charge current. Is it OK to reduce this charge current by changing the charge current selecting resistor? So the tp4056 IC heat would be reduced, wouldn't it?
For my application I don't need a quick charge. With a low current, charging time will be increased, but it does not matter for my application.
Will reducing the charge current affect the battery's lifetime? Or will it damage the battery?
I am trying to reduce the heat of the tp4056 IC by reducing the charging current, maybe from 1 A to 500 mA or less. The 18650 battery never heats for a 1 A charge current.
batteries battery-charging lithium-ion liion
batteries battery-charging lithium-ion liion
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Peter Mortensen
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asked Mar 30 at 15:34
komto909komto909
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I believe that it is fairly widely known that charging the li ion cells at a lower current actually extends the battery life in terms of the number of charge/discharge cycles that they can handle.
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– Michael Karas
Mar 30 at 16:00
add a comment |
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I believe that it is fairly widely known that charging the li ion cells at a lower current actually extends the battery life in terms of the number of charge/discharge cycles that they can handle.
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– Michael Karas
Mar 30 at 16:00
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I believe that it is fairly widely known that charging the li ion cells at a lower current actually extends the battery life in terms of the number of charge/discharge cycles that they can handle.
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– Michael Karas
Mar 30 at 16:00
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I believe that it is fairly widely known that charging the li ion cells at a lower current actually extends the battery life in terms of the number of charge/discharge cycles that they can handle.
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– Michael Karas
Mar 30 at 16:00
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I use TP4056 charger boards a lot, both on their own and embedded in some devices. In addition to existing answers, I'd like to mention this - it's OK for TP4056 to heat up, it's a linear charger and it heating up doesn't impact its performance/reliability all that much. As long as the board has proper heatsinking, you should be fine - i.e. the popular "blue PCB with USB port" chargers from China have good enough heatsinking, as they tend to connect the ground pad of the TP4056 to copper-filled areas on both layers (sometimes only one, bottom one, with vias).
If it's a custom board that you yourself designed and it doesn't connect the ground pad to anywhere useful, only then I'd be worried - in that case, swapping the current set resistor for ~2K (that's what you need for ~500mA IIRC) should do the job. Otherwise, you should be fine as you are now, with 1A charging.
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Yes it is OK to reduce the charging current and that is what the TP4056's charging current setting resistor is for. If you halve the charging current, charging will of course take longer. Charging slower (but not too slow) should actually increase battery lifetime. But for an 18650 cell, 1 A charging current is reasonably normal.
2.8 V is a very low voltage for a Li-Ion cell, if you discharge often to such a low voltage the battery's lifetime might be shorter. I would prefer not to discharge below 3.4 V.
answered Mar 30 at 16:01
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I am trying to reduce the heat of tp4056 IC by reducing the charging current may be from 1 A to 500mA or more lesser, with 1A charge current tp4056 ic gets heat up a lot, 18650 battery never heats for 1A charge current
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– komto909
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The regular NCR18650 Panasonic battery has the recommended charge current at 0.7C, or about 2A. And the discharge threshold is 2.5V, according to manufacturer's discharge curves. So you are charging the battery already at half permissible rate. Formally yes, charging a Li-Ion battery at slower rate doesn't do any damage and might be even better for battery's SOH (State of Health). It will just take longer.
The TP4056 is a LINEAR charge controller, so it will dissipate a lot of heat and will be hot, if the board is designed with improper heat sink. If you are concerned with IC overheating, you should either make a better heat sink (at least over the top if IC), or reduce input voltage to, say, 4.5V. It will still dissipate 0.3- 0.5W and should be warm. Or get a different TP4056 charger board with a better constructed PCB and with bottom heat slug soldered down to it. Or get a better charger system. Reducing charging current of TP4056 will be the least optimal solution.
answered Mar 30 at 17:13
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so its not ok to charge NCR18650 with 500mA charge current?
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 17:26
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@komto909, 500 mA is ok, it is just very suboptimal, and it will take 7-8 hours to be fully charged, instead of 2 hours at normal charge rate.
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– Ale..chenski
Mar 30 at 18:32
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kindly get to the point, will 500mA affect the battery in a negative way? will it reduce battery performance or life cycle? 7-8hours charging time is ok for me, charing time for full charge does not matter at all for my application
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 18:34
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@komto909, you still need to complete the charge cycle in a reasonable time. 500 mA is likely okay, but I wouldn't make any predictions if you will keep charging the cell 24/7 due to very low charging.
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– Ale..chenski
Mar 30 at 19:11
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I would expect charging to be more efficient at lower charge rates, since every other battery type works that way. Half charge rate should be somewhat better than double charge time.
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– Harper
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I use TP4056 charger boards a lot, both on their own and embedded in some devices. In addition to existing answers, I'd like to mention this - it's OK for TP4056 to heat up, it's a linear charger and it heating up doesn't impact its performance/reliability all that much. As long as the board has proper heatsinking, you should be fine - i.e. the popular "blue PCB with USB port" chargers from China have good enough heatsinking, as they tend to connect the ground pad of the TP4056 to copper-filled areas on both layers (sometimes only one, bottom one, with vias).
If it's a custom board that you yourself designed and it doesn't connect the ground pad to anywhere useful, only then I'd be worried - in that case, swapping the current set resistor for ~2K (that's what you need for ~500mA IIRC) should do the job. Otherwise, you should be fine as you are now, with 1A charging.
answered Mar 30 at 20:37
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I use TP4056 charger boards a lot, both on their own and embedded in some devices. In addition to existing answers, I'd like to mention this - it's OK for TP4056 to heat up, it's a linear charger and it heating up doesn't impact its performance/reliability all that much. As long as the board has proper heatsinking, you should be fine - i.e. the popular "blue PCB with USB port" chargers from China have good enough heatsinking, as they tend to connect the ground pad of the TP4056 to copper-filled areas on both layers (sometimes only one, bottom one, with vias).
If it's a custom board that you yourself designed and it doesn't connect the ground pad to anywhere useful, only then I'd be worried - in that case, swapping the current set resistor for ~2K (that's what you need for ~500mA IIRC) should do the job. Otherwise, you should be fine as you are now, with 1A charging.
answered Mar 30 at 20:37
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I use TP4056 charger boards a lot, both on their own and embedded in some devices. In addition to existing answers, I'd like to mention this - it's OK for TP4056 to heat up, it's a linear charger and it heating up doesn't impact its performance/reliability all that much. As long as the board has proper heatsinking, you should be fine - i.e. the popular "blue PCB with USB port" chargers from China have good enough heatsinking, as they tend to connect the ground pad of the TP4056 to copper-filled areas on both layers (sometimes only one, bottom one, with vias).
If it's a custom board that you yourself designed and it doesn't connect the ground pad to anywhere useful, only then I'd be worried - in that case, swapping the current set resistor for ~2K (that's what you need for ~500mA IIRC) should do the job. Otherwise, you should be fine as you are now, with 1A charging.
answered Mar 30 at 20:37
Арсений ПичугинАрсений Пичугин
15519
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I use TP4056 charger boards a lot, both on their own and embedded in some devices. In addition to existing answers, I'd like to mention this - it's OK for TP4056 to heat up, it's a linear charger and it heating up doesn't impact its performance/reliability all that much. As long as the board has proper heatsinking, you should be fine - i.e. the popular "blue PCB with USB port" chargers from China have good enough heatsinking, as they tend to connect the ground pad of the TP4056 to copper-filled areas on both layers (sometimes only one, bottom one, with vias).
If it's a custom board that you yourself designed and it doesn't connect the ground pad to anywhere useful, only then I'd be worried - in that case, swapping the current set resistor for ~2K (that's what you need for ~500mA IIRC) should do the job. Otherwise, you should be fine as you are now, with 1A charging.
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Yes it is OK to reduce the charging current and that is what the TP4056's charging current setting resistor is for. If you halve the charging current, charging will of course take longer. Charging slower (but not too slow) should actually increase battery lifetime. But for an 18650 cell, 1 A charging current is reasonably normal.
2.8 V is a very low voltage for a Li-Ion cell, if you discharge often to such a low voltage the battery's lifetime might be shorter. I would prefer not to discharge below 3.4 V.
answered Mar 30 at 16:01
BimpelrekkieBimpelrekkie
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I am trying to reduce the heat of tp4056 IC by reducing the charging current may be from 1 A to 500mA or more lesser, with 1A charge current tp4056 ic gets heat up a lot, 18650 battery never heats for 1A charge current
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 16:23
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Yes it is OK to reduce the charging current and that is what the TP4056's charging current setting resistor is for. If you halve the charging current, charging will of course take longer. Charging slower (but not too slow) should actually increase battery lifetime. But for an 18650 cell, 1 A charging current is reasonably normal.
2.8 V is a very low voltage for a Li-Ion cell, if you discharge often to such a low voltage the battery's lifetime might be shorter. I would prefer not to discharge below 3.4 V.
answered Mar 30 at 16:01
BimpelrekkieBimpelrekkie
51.5k246114
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I am trying to reduce the heat of tp4056 IC by reducing the charging current may be from 1 A to 500mA or more lesser, with 1A charge current tp4056 ic gets heat up a lot, 18650 battery never heats for 1A charge current
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 16:23
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Yes it is OK to reduce the charging current and that is what the TP4056's charging current setting resistor is for. If you halve the charging current, charging will of course take longer. Charging slower (but not too slow) should actually increase battery lifetime. But for an 18650 cell, 1 A charging current is reasonably normal.
2.8 V is a very low voltage for a Li-Ion cell, if you discharge often to such a low voltage the battery's lifetime might be shorter. I would prefer not to discharge below 3.4 V.
answered Mar 30 at 16:01
BimpelrekkieBimpelrekkie
51.5k246114
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Yes it is OK to reduce the charging current and that is what the TP4056's charging current setting resistor is for. If you halve the charging current, charging will of course take longer. Charging slower (but not too slow) should actually increase battery lifetime. But for an 18650 cell, 1 A charging current is reasonably normal.
2.8 V is a very low voltage for a Li-Ion cell, if you discharge often to such a low voltage the battery's lifetime might be shorter. I would prefer not to discharge below 3.4 V.
answered Mar 30 at 16:01
BimpelrekkieBimpelrekkie
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answered Mar 30 at 16:01
BimpelrekkieBimpelrekkie
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answered Mar 30 at 16:01
BimpelrekkieBimpelrekkie
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answered Mar 30 at 16:01
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I am trying to reduce the heat of tp4056 IC by reducing the charging current may be from 1 A to 500mA or more lesser, with 1A charge current tp4056 ic gets heat up a lot, 18650 battery never heats for 1A charge current
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 16:23
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I am trying to reduce the heat of tp4056 IC by reducing the charging current may be from 1 A to 500mA or more lesser, with 1A charge current tp4056 ic gets heat up a lot, 18650 battery never heats for 1A charge current
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 16:23
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I am trying to reduce the heat of tp4056 IC by reducing the charging current may be from 1 A to 500mA or more lesser, with 1A charge current tp4056 ic gets heat up a lot, 18650 battery never heats for 1A charge current
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 16:23
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I am trying to reduce the heat of tp4056 IC by reducing the charging current may be from 1 A to 500mA or more lesser, with 1A charge current tp4056 ic gets heat up a lot, 18650 battery never heats for 1A charge current
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 16:23
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The regular NCR18650 Panasonic battery has the recommended charge current at 0.7C, or about 2A. And the discharge threshold is 2.5V, according to manufacturer's discharge curves. So you are charging the battery already at half permissible rate. Formally yes, charging a Li-Ion battery at slower rate doesn't do any damage and might be even better for battery's SOH (State of Health). It will just take longer.
The TP4056 is a LINEAR charge controller, so it will dissipate a lot of heat and will be hot, if the board is designed with improper heat sink. If you are concerned with IC overheating, you should either make a better heat sink (at least over the top if IC), or reduce input voltage to, say, 4.5V. It will still dissipate 0.3- 0.5W and should be warm. Or get a different TP4056 charger board with a better constructed PCB and with bottom heat slug soldered down to it. Or get a better charger system. Reducing charging current of TP4056 will be the least optimal solution.
answered Mar 30 at 17:13
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so its not ok to charge NCR18650 with 500mA charge current?
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 17:26
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@komto909, 500 mA is ok, it is just very suboptimal, and it will take 7-8 hours to be fully charged, instead of 2 hours at normal charge rate.
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– Ale..chenski
Mar 30 at 18:32
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kindly get to the point, will 500mA affect the battery in a negative way? will it reduce battery performance or life cycle? 7-8hours charging time is ok for me, charing time for full charge does not matter at all for my application
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 18:34
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@komto909, you still need to complete the charge cycle in a reasonable time. 500 mA is likely okay, but I wouldn't make any predictions if you will keep charging the cell 24/7 due to very low charging.
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– Ale..chenski
Mar 30 at 19:11
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I would expect charging to be more efficient at lower charge rates, since every other battery type works that way. Half charge rate should be somewhat better than double charge time.
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– Harper
Mar 30 at 20:24
add a comment |
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The regular NCR18650 Panasonic battery has the recommended charge current at 0.7C, or about 2A. And the discharge threshold is 2.5V, according to manufacturer's discharge curves. So you are charging the battery already at half permissible rate. Formally yes, charging a Li-Ion battery at slower rate doesn't do any damage and might be even better for battery's SOH (State of Health). It will just take longer.
The TP4056 is a LINEAR charge controller, so it will dissipate a lot of heat and will be hot, if the board is designed with improper heat sink. If you are concerned with IC overheating, you should either make a better heat sink (at least over the top if IC), or reduce input voltage to, say, 4.5V. It will still dissipate 0.3- 0.5W and should be warm. Or get a different TP4056 charger board with a better constructed PCB and with bottom heat slug soldered down to it. Or get a better charger system. Reducing charging current of TP4056 will be the least optimal solution.
answered Mar 30 at 17:13
Ale..chenskiAle..chenski
29.3k11866
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so its not ok to charge NCR18650 with 500mA charge current?
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 17:26
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@komto909, 500 mA is ok, it is just very suboptimal, and it will take 7-8 hours to be fully charged, instead of 2 hours at normal charge rate.
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– Ale..chenski
Mar 30 at 18:32
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kindly get to the point, will 500mA affect the battery in a negative way? will it reduce battery performance or life cycle? 7-8hours charging time is ok for me, charing time for full charge does not matter at all for my application
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 18:34
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@komto909, you still need to complete the charge cycle in a reasonable time. 500 mA is likely okay, but I wouldn't make any predictions if you will keep charging the cell 24/7 due to very low charging.
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– Ale..chenski
Mar 30 at 19:11
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I would expect charging to be more efficient at lower charge rates, since every other battery type works that way. Half charge rate should be somewhat better than double charge time.
$endgroup$
– Harper
Mar 30 at 20:24
add a comment |
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The regular NCR18650 Panasonic battery has the recommended charge current at 0.7C, or about 2A. And the discharge threshold is 2.5V, according to manufacturer's discharge curves. So you are charging the battery already at half permissible rate. Formally yes, charging a Li-Ion battery at slower rate doesn't do any damage and might be even better for battery's SOH (State of Health). It will just take longer.
The TP4056 is a LINEAR charge controller, so it will dissipate a lot of heat and will be hot, if the board is designed with improper heat sink. If you are concerned with IC overheating, you should either make a better heat sink (at least over the top if IC), or reduce input voltage to, say, 4.5V. It will still dissipate 0.3- 0.5W and should be warm. Or get a different TP4056 charger board with a better constructed PCB and with bottom heat slug soldered down to it. Or get a better charger system. Reducing charging current of TP4056 will be the least optimal solution.
answered Mar 30 at 17:13
Ale..chenskiAle..chenski
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The regular NCR18650 Panasonic battery has the recommended charge current at 0.7C, or about 2A. And the discharge threshold is 2.5V, according to manufacturer's discharge curves. So you are charging the battery already at half permissible rate. Formally yes, charging a Li-Ion battery at slower rate doesn't do any damage and might be even better for battery's SOH (State of Health). It will just take longer.
The TP4056 is a LINEAR charge controller, so it will dissipate a lot of heat and will be hot, if the board is designed with improper heat sink. If you are concerned with IC overheating, you should either make a better heat sink (at least over the top if IC), or reduce input voltage to, say, 4.5V. It will still dissipate 0.3- 0.5W and should be warm. Or get a different TP4056 charger board with a better constructed PCB and with bottom heat slug soldered down to it. Or get a better charger system. Reducing charging current of TP4056 will be the least optimal solution.
answered Mar 30 at 17:13
Ale..chenskiAle..chenski
29.3k11866
answered Mar 30 at 17:13
Ale..chenskiAle..chenski
29.3k11866
answered Mar 30 at 17:13
Ale..chenskiAle..chenski
29.3k11866
answered Mar 30 at 17:13
Ale..chenskiAle..chenski
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so its not ok to charge NCR18650 with 500mA charge current?
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 17:26
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@komto909, 500 mA is ok, it is just very suboptimal, and it will take 7-8 hours to be fully charged, instead of 2 hours at normal charge rate.
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– Ale..chenski
Mar 30 at 18:32
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kindly get to the point, will 500mA affect the battery in a negative way? will it reduce battery performance or life cycle? 7-8hours charging time is ok for me, charing time for full charge does not matter at all for my application
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 18:34
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@komto909, you still need to complete the charge cycle in a reasonable time. 500 mA is likely okay, but I wouldn't make any predictions if you will keep charging the cell 24/7 due to very low charging.
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– Ale..chenski
Mar 30 at 19:11
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I would expect charging to be more efficient at lower charge rates, since every other battery type works that way. Half charge rate should be somewhat better than double charge time.
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– Harper
Mar 30 at 20:24
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so its not ok to charge NCR18650 with 500mA charge current?
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 17:26
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@komto909, 500 mA is ok, it is just very suboptimal, and it will take 7-8 hours to be fully charged, instead of 2 hours at normal charge rate.
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– Ale..chenski
Mar 30 at 18:32
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kindly get to the point, will 500mA affect the battery in a negative way? will it reduce battery performance or life cycle? 7-8hours charging time is ok for me, charing time for full charge does not matter at all for my application
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 18:34
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@komto909, you still need to complete the charge cycle in a reasonable time. 500 mA is likely okay, but I wouldn't make any predictions if you will keep charging the cell 24/7 due to very low charging.
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– Ale..chenski
Mar 30 at 19:11
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I would expect charging to be more efficient at lower charge rates, since every other battery type works that way. Half charge rate should be somewhat better than double charge time.
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– Harper
Mar 30 at 20:24
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so its not ok to charge NCR18650 with 500mA charge current?
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 17:26
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so its not ok to charge NCR18650 with 500mA charge current?
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 17:26
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@komto909, 500 mA is ok, it is just very suboptimal, and it will take 7-8 hours to be fully charged, instead of 2 hours at normal charge rate.
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– Ale..chenski
Mar 30 at 18:32
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@komto909, 500 mA is ok, it is just very suboptimal, and it will take 7-8 hours to be fully charged, instead of 2 hours at normal charge rate.
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– Ale..chenski
Mar 30 at 18:32
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kindly get to the point, will 500mA affect the battery in a negative way? will it reduce battery performance or life cycle? 7-8hours charging time is ok for me, charing time for full charge does not matter at all for my application
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– komto909
Mar 30 at 18:34
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kindly get to the point, will 500mA affect the battery in a negative way? will it reduce battery performance or life cycle? 7-8hours charging time is ok for me, charing time for full charge does not matter at all for my application
$endgroup$
– komto909
Mar 30 at 18:34
$begingroup$
@komto909, you still need to complete the charge cycle in a reasonable time. 500 mA is likely okay, but I wouldn't make any predictions if you will keep charging the cell 24/7 due to very low charging.
$endgroup$
– Ale..chenski
Mar 30 at 19:11
$begingroup$
@komto909, you still need to complete the charge cycle in a reasonable time. 500 mA is likely okay, but I wouldn't make any predictions if you will keep charging the cell 24/7 due to very low charging.
$endgroup$
– Ale..chenski
Mar 30 at 19:11
$begingroup$
I would expect charging to be more efficient at lower charge rates, since every other battery type works that way. Half charge rate should be somewhat better than double charge time.
$endgroup$
– Harper
Mar 30 at 20:24
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I would expect charging to be more efficient at lower charge rates, since every other battery type works that way. Half charge rate should be somewhat better than double charge time.
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– Harper
Mar 30 at 20:24
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I believe that it is fairly widely known that charging the li ion cells at a lower current actually extends the battery life in terms of the number of charge/discharge cycles that they can handle.
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– Michael Karas
Mar 30 at 16:00