> However, I believe that this > minimum charge threshold is actually built into the battery control > electronics rather than the battery itself.
Yes, it is. > That is to say, If I could have bypassed the controller and charged it > back up manually, I believe that I would have got some further use out > of the battery. This is not a safe thing to do; a deeply-discharged lithium cell is no longer viable. Although you *might* manage to get some charge into it, you also might have an incipient internal short. Given the energy density of a lithium battery, that can lead to a fire... Vic. -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------
