<div dir="auto">Edmonton, Alberta area\u2026.Since mid December our average temperature has been around -15 to -20 degC with several days around -30degC\u2026.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We use all Makita 18V tools and we try to bring them into the shop overnight to charge them. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">That said\u2026 several often get left in the vans overnight, at various states of charge, and I must say, I haven\u2019t noticed a drastic difference in the performance regardless if they were fully charged or after given a full charge. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We are pretty picky/choosey what tasks we preform those extra cold days (mostly avoiding bending wire/wire-management) and tend to stick to inside work but still do a fair bit outside. </div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">There is no chance that they will charge outside onsite at those temps so if we can\u2019t charge them in a customers house/garage then we better be sure to bring enough for the day. </span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)"><br></span></div><div dir="auto"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0)">Benn</span></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Jan 19, 2022 at 8:28 AM Dana Orzel <<a href="mailto:dana@solarwork.com">dana@solarwork.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple" style="word-wrap:break-word"><div class="m_7470940661143817409WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Hey All,<u style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></u> <u style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">For those of us that live & work in freezing winter temps \u2013 What is the overall effect on LI tool batteries stored in a frozen truck overnight, needs to be used or charged & the battery is -15\u02da to 32\u02daF? <u style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">I assume it\u2019s the same as stationary LI batteries, though I have never seen a warning on the battery package or in the tool literature.<u style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></u> <u style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">What are you all doing with work tool batteries in freezing temps?<u style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></u><u style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"><u style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></u> <u style="font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif"></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:14pt;font-family:"Century Gothic",sans-serif">Are you taking the batteries inside to be warm & charge at night? 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</blockquote></div></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">Benn Kilburn <br>SkyFire Energy<br>780-906-7807</div>