Other How to charge your Levo/SL to prolong battery life?

ah1

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I'm assuming some of you have looked into this already - what is the charging habit you use for your Levo or Levo SL ebike?
It's not good to leave battery at 100% or too low (less than 20%?) for a prolonged period. Specialized now has a setting to charge to 80%, but I have a few concerns with that:
1. If you charge to 80% after a ride, then top off to 100% before the ride - is that counted as extra "charge cycles" in the app?
2. Is that actually good for the battery life? Or are multiple charges worse than a long charge?
3. Another drawback is forgetting and showing up to the ride with 80% - especially bad on Levo SL where battery is very limited.
Maybe it doesn't even matter, and it takes 100's of charges to 100% before you even notice degradation? I'd be fine with that, but if it's ~50 cycles then I'm probably there very soon. And again - IDK what counts as a "cycle".
Thoughts?
 

salko

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1. No. If you have for example 700Wh battery, 1 charging cycle counts when you put in whole 700Wh, not matter in how many charging sessions ...
2. multiple charges are not worse than one complete charge, I think they are even better as they put less stress on the battery
3. yes, it takes many charges when you'll see noticeable degradation, but if you are planning to keep the bike for more than a year or two, it is worth keeping an eye on the battery ...

My 700Wh battery is 5 years old with more than 250 cycles and app still show 100% health, but I care for the battery health ... But what app shows is not actual battery health, but rounded up for 10% - app will show 100% if actual health is between 90-100% - I think this is to avoid customers panicking back to Specialized/dealers why their new bike does not have 100% battery health ...
 
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