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Reliance on Li Ion batteries in Oly Pen series

Started Dec 23, 2015 | Discussions thread
RedOctobyr Regular Member • Posts: 298
Re: Reliance on Li Ion batteries in Oly Pen series
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What will you do when Olympus stops producing them?Either find a manufacturer you're comfortable with (Wasabi, etc), buy old-stock Olympus batteries, deal with reduced life from your old batteries, or retire the camera, I guess. I expect you'd have aftermarket options for a while.

You could open the batteries and replace the cells with something suitable, but most people have no inclination to go that far with it.

I use lithium polymer (LiPo) batteries in a hobby. To reduce battery degradation over time, we store them half charged (~3.85V/cell, so ~7.7V total for 2 cells like these). And storing them in the fridge (not freezer), if not fully charged, also helps. These are simple things you could do to help slow the degradation your batteries.

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