Care and Feeding of Rechargeable Batteries

Patrice LACOUTURE (GMail) patrice.lacouture at gmail.com
Sat Sep 23 14:07:19 EST 2006


Joseph Tainter a écrit :
> When our K10Ds arrive, what is the best way to care for the rechargeable 
> battery:
>
> Wait until empty, then recharge?
>
> Top it up regularly?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Joe
>
>   
As it is a Li-ion battery, there is no memory effect to be worried 
about. You'll get the same perf whether way you proceed.

However, I think doing more frequent partial charges may reduce 
lifespan, because this would mean more load/unload electro-chemical 
cycles (I may be wrong, though).

Patrice




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