Joel_BC
Super Self-Sufficient
A lot of cordless electric tools, as well as electronic measuring instruments, laptops, tablets, and such, now come with lithium batteries, and chargers. In particular, with tools, the higher-grade and "professional" models do.
Here's a site that tells about how to get the most life out of your lithium batteries:
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
There's quite a bit of good stuff in this page. For one thing, I remember when I was buying NiCad (nickel-cadmium) batteries in the kits with my tools. In those days, not very long back really, the suggestion was to "deep cycle" your batteries, by running the power completely out with each battery before recharging it (and switching the tool to the alternate battery). The advice for lithiums is not to run them down completely before recharging.
Here's a site that tells about how to get the most life out of your lithium batteries:
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries
There's quite a bit of good stuff in this page. For one thing, I remember when I was buying NiCad (nickel-cadmium) batteries in the kits with my tools. In those days, not very long back really, the suggestion was to "deep cycle" your batteries, by running the power completely out with each battery before recharging it (and switching the tool to the alternate battery). The advice for lithiums is not to run them down completely before recharging.