| CPC H01M 10/482 (2013.01) [H01M 10/441 (2013.01); H02J 7/0013 (2013.01); H02J 7/007 (2013.01); H02M 3/33569 (2013.01)] | 15 Claims |

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1. An electric power supplying method comprising:
providing an electricity storage device including
a battery module including a plurality of rechargeable battery cells and a battery assembly control circuit, and
a power converting device configured to charge the battery module using commercial electric power and supply the commercial electric power to a load;
supplying operating electric power from the power converting device to the battery assembly control circuit of the battery module while an output voltage of the power converting device is higher than a predetermined voltage,
starting to supply operating electric power from the battery module to the battery assembly control circuit in response to a connection signal from a connection detector which detects that the power converting device starts to supply electric power to the battery assembly control circuit; and
stopping supplying the electric power from the battery module to the battery assembly control circuit in response to a stop signal from a discharge-stop determination unit which detects that the battery module stops being discharged.
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