Once the battery is fully charged it will not accept any more energy (current) from the charger, since all the energy levels that were depleted when empty are now at their highest level.
It will consider the battery to be fully charged when the voltage has reached a certain value and the current has dropped below a certain value for a certain amount of time. These parameters are called: Charged voltage - the float voltage of the battery charger. Tail current - a percentage of the battery capacity.
What is the difference between float charging and storage mode?
Float charging. Keeps the battery at a constant voltage and fully charged. Storage mode. Keeps the battery at a lower constant voltage to limit gas formation and corrosion of the positive plates. The battery is fully charged when the FLOAT or STORAGE LED is lit.
How do you charge a battery at room temperature?
Charges the battery using the maximum current until the absorption voltage is reached. At the end of the bulk phase, the battery will be about 80% charged and ready for use. Charges the battery using a constant voltage and a decreasing current until it is fully charged. See the above table for the absorption voltage at room temperature.
Once the battery is full, the charging circuit stops drawing power from the charger until such a point where it decids to resume charging. Assuming a properly functioning charging circuit you cant add excess energy to the battery. There is no redirrcting of energy, the chaarging circuit just stops drawing power from the charger.
How much current does a lithium ion battery absorb?
When the nearly empty lithium-ion battery is charged with about 25 A the charging current has a small 120 Hz component of about 0.775% while the nearly fully charged battery is absorbing a charging current of about 3 A with a 60 Hz component of 16.73%, 120 Hz component of 8.46%, and 180 Hz component of 6.87%.
How long does a Li-ion battery take to charge?
A Li-ion battery is more than 95% charged at the start of the absorption phase and will be fully charged after about 30 minutes of absorption charging. 5.7. Use as a power supply