It is important to note that charge/discharge cycles are not the only thing that affects battery life. Without going into the details (and Will does that in the linked video) it is enough to say that there are whole (pseudo-scientific) cabals built around "how to best care for your Lithium battery" and, as it tends to be with pseudo-scientific nonsense, they tend to hurt more than help.
"Lithium battery" is not a thing, chemistry matters, individual *cells* the battery is built on matters, BMS matters. And with all these there are still a couple things one can affect (and, in cases, screw up) but most of the time you can just 1, not worry about them and 2, really, just USE the damn battery!
https://youtu.be/UbZiHzflKMY
We just got our electricity connection installed. In the fall/winter I *absolutely* intend to charge every night on cheap grid power & discharge during the day. Every single day. It's a *huge* part of the home battery ROI!
#offgridFlaki #largelyOffgridFlaki
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