Best way to charge batteries

[Doc Wu]

Originally Posted by Bill_B

One way to help with the cycling of your batteries is to name them. If you haven't seen "Judy" for a while or "Grace" or "Hermione" then your battery usage cycle is faulty. Part of reducing maltreatment is ease of identification.

I agree, but the only problem with that is remembering who comes after "Judy," was it "Grace" or "Hermione?"

Numbering or lettering is unambiguous.

Overuse of a particular battery, either at random or by choice, increases the chance that the battery will become damaged by heat, or just get used up and reach it's end of life sooner than other batteries of the same "vintage."

I've found our team saying things like "We drove really well that last match. What battery did we use? Can we use it again?" You need a person in charge of your battery charging that can say "No, it's not ready yet. Use the next one in the rotation. Number 3 is up next."

I think giving batteries names would increase the chance of unbalanced use, either by confusion, or by favoritism: "I like Grace, it's my dog's name."

But, if it works for your team, go for it. as long as it achieves the goal of balancing use and giving time to charge/cool equally.