[Al Skierkiewicz]

Devin,
There are so many variables in battery life. The greatest reduction in our battery use comes not from over charging but the high demands of discharge during a match. While our batteries are capable of extreme currents (600+ fully charged) they are really designed for discharge life of 1/10 C or about 2 amps. I have not read any articles that relate the stepped charge you are proposing to extended battery life. It won't hurt, I just don't think it will help that much value. You might consider reverse engineering the KOP charger to see what they do for the different charge rates and come up with a switch to perform that function. The reason the KOP charger has the different positions is to allow charging batteries of lower capacity than the KOP batteries