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Originally Posted by Craig jones
Handyman, do you run your batteries down before you put them on a charger? I know I have always done that with cordless tools.
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Yes, I actually store my kayak on the ceiling of my garage / shop by using a 12V portable winch. I finish fishing, then use the left over juice in my batteries to run the winch to lift the kayak to the ceiling. It works great, and no storage problems.
I do keep all of my 10 batteries rotating through a trickle charger though, it doesn't seem to shorten their life or develop any "memory" though. I agree that they all seem to lessen their life over time but as Adi said the shortened life is so minuscule that it doesn't bother me and some of my batteries are like 4 years old and still work just fine.