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Winterizing - BMS ON or OFF with smart lithium?

Boston area Sprinter camper van, parked outdoors all year, with pretty cold winters. In order to best protect the batteries, should I leave the BMS on to manage the battery function or should I turn all the fuses off to avoid any drainage or charging? Should the batteries be fully charged or drained? Any advice on heating pads? Thx

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Charge (or discharge) the battery to about 70% SOC then disconnect all consumers, including the BMS. The cell voltage at rest should be about 3.3V.

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