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Originally Posted by ScrapMaker
I've never heard of Li-Ion even having a memory. That was supposed to be the whole point of these batteries... I've never read a manual or anything that says to "condition" a Li-Ion battery..
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I recently bought a cordless tool set, and it uses Li-Ion batteries. I could have sworn that I had noticably more capacity after the first one or two charge cycles. However, after research it would appear that the exact type of Li-Ion is not the same. Still, I have heard this before. So I did more digging. I found this:
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Preparing new lithium-ion for use
Unlike nickel and lead-based batteries, a new lithium-ion pack does not need cycling through charging and discharging. Priming will make little difference because the maximum capacity of lithium-ion is available right from the beginning. Neither does a full discharge improve the capacity of a faded pack. However, a full discharge/charge will reset the digital circuit of a 'smart' battery to improve the state-of-charge estimation
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http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-12.htm
So there you go. You are right, according to this source which appears to be good.