Question: I have a 60D, if I charge it to 100%, will it decrease battery performance? I know 60D has the same battery pack as 75D, and 60D can be upgraded to 75D via software, does this means I still have room for the battery even charge my 60D 100%?
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McManX
Member
Some threads on this already. I believe the consensus was 100% is fine.
Charging a 60D to 100% because of 75 battery
Charging a 60D to 100% because of 75 battery
This has been pretty extensively covered in several past threads with similar titles. You might try getting more in-depth theories by performing a search.
In short, it probably will do no extra harm to your battery to charge to 100%. Tesla will officially tell you not to do so.
I personally charge mine to 80-90% if it will be sitting for a few days, and charge to 100% right before use. In the past I have almost always charged to 100% at superchargers, but I will begin to taper that back to necessary charge+safety buffer to reach the next Supercharger for long road trips. I'm learning and adapting all the time.
In short, it probably will do no extra harm to your battery to charge to 100%. Tesla will officially tell you not to do so.
I personally charge mine to 80-90% if it will be sitting for a few days, and charge to 100% right before use. In the past I have almost always charged to 100% at superchargers, but I will begin to taper that back to necessary charge+safety buffer to reach the next Supercharger for long road trips. I'm learning and adapting all the time.
Yinn
Active Member
Consensus is that it's fine based on actual battery capacities.
Although, I will note that a 75D has an actual usable capacity of 72.6kw, and a 60D has a usable capacity of 62.4kw. Charging to 100% on a 60 will mean charging to 86% of total battery capacity. If you want to stay within the 80% for the pack, you would have to set it to 93% on a 60 (rounding to 92 or 94) to get 80% utilization.
Heck of a deal that 60 is...you really only lose on the top end for long trips.
RRM998
Member
I've found that if I charge to 100% several days in a row, I'll get a nag message about not charging to 100%. I don't know if that would be a daily message as I reset it to 90%.
