There was a video in YT of a guy that modified the charger of the SOCO and showed that there is a small potentiometer that adjusts the ending voltage. The 69.7 setting is 4.1 per cell which is safe. The absolute max is 4.25volt per cell (I have seen such). If you have someone that can take care of that, I suggest you go ahead and do it for the longevity of your pack. In anyway you can measure the ending voltage with a multi-meter so that you know what is happening.
But as guys suggested before it is best if you are not using the bike for really long trips not to fully charge its battery but keeping it in the middle when you can.
The battery is quite heavy, so I'd try and charge it as fewer times as I can.
Will that degrade my battery quicker?
@gui i think you're question is more in this direction (or at least mine is)... how is best approach to get the maximum lifetime out of your battery?
- charge it 4 times between 40% and 60%
- charge it once between 10% and 90%
In both situations you get / use 80% of your battery.
Let's say (for simplicity) you need for commuting 20% every day.
In first case you'll get ~5-6000 charging cycles until reaches the end of its lifecycle. This mean ~15 years.
In second case you'll get ~600 charging cycles and will keep working fine for ~6 years.
This is based on some experiments in laboratories done by others. It's 90% theory. In practice 15 years is a lot, humidity and rustand shakes due to roads may damage the battery quicker etc etc.
But it's an idea which gives some indication how we should recharge it to prolonge its life.
Shorter is better.
