# Battery Voltage
**URL:** https://community.tempest.earth/t/battery-voltage/18730
**Category:** Tempest Owners
**Tags:** tempest
**Created:** [October 4, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/battery-voltage/18730 "2022-10-04T15:31:52Z")
**Posts on this page:** 8
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### Author:  [@KCSam](https://community.tempest.earth/u/KCSam)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2022, 3:31pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/battery-voltage/18730/1 "2022-10-04T15:31:52Z")
I’ve had my Tempest station up and running now for just over a month. I have it set upon a 10’ pole with access to direct sunlight for most of the day. That said, I’d expect the battery voltage indicator to be fairly high. However, I’ve never seen the indicator go above 2.79. Does anyone else see something similar to this? I would think I should be able to climb higher than that.
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### Author:  [@peter](https://community.tempest.earth/u/peter)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2022, 3:38pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/battery-voltage/18730/2 "2022-10-04T15:38:02Z")
2.79 V indicates the battery is fully charged. Some users might see a voltage as high as 2.81 or 2.82, but the actual increase in battery capacity is negligible.
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### Author:  [@KCSam](https://community.tempest.earth/u/KCSam)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2022, 3:58pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/battery-voltage/18730/3 "2022-10-04T15:58:18Z")
Thank you for the response, Peter. That is great to know.
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### Author:  [@sunny](https://community.tempest.earth/u/sunny)
#### Post date: [October 4, 2022, 6:57pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/battery-voltage/18730/4 "2022-10-04T18:57:31Z")
the batteries don’t hold a lot of power above 2.62V. Which means it charges faster when above that voltage, but also discharges faster.
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### Author:  [@padamec](https://community.tempest.earth/u/padamec)
#### Post date: [October 6, 2022, 6:54am UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/battery-voltage/18730/5 "2022-10-06T06:54:05Z")
On both our Tempest stations we now have 2.66 and 2.67V after the night.
It usually gets to 2.7-2.8V after 10am if the sun is visible.
Our fall has started and there is less sun, I know from previous seasons that it will be worse.
I already have a PowerPack ready for one station (that doesn’t see the sun all day). Czech Republic.
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### Author:  [@john.butt](https://community.tempest.earth/u/john.butt)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2022, 6:33pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/battery-voltage/18730/6 "2022-10-10T18:33:11Z")
Am I misunderstanding something here? I always see more than 3v
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### Author:  [@eric](https://community.tempest.earth/u/eric)
#### Post date: [October 10, 2022, 7:07pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/battery-voltage/18730/7 "2022-10-10T19:07:24Z")
Yes indeed
You have a Sky and not a Tempest. They do not have the same voltage settings nor the same battery.
The Tempest has a lower voltage range compared to the Sky.
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### Author:  [@system](https://community.tempest.earth/u/system)
#### Post date: [April 2, 2024, 7:08pm UTC](https://community.tempest.earth/t/battery-voltage/18730/8 "2024-04-02T19:08:04Z")
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