the long and short of it
Let's talk about batteries today. Rechargeable ones to be exact. Are you one of those people who diligently wait till your phone/laptop/MP3 player's battery is almost flat before charging it? Do you refrain from charging it when it's still half full because you don't want to spoil it?
Well, let's divide what I have to say in two parts.
Part I
Personally, I never really bother. Maybe I'm just lazy. But actually I think it's a counter-productive practice. Look at it this way:
Let's say it really spoils the battery if you partial charge too often. So, say your phone's battery used to last 4 days on a full charge. After one year of ill treatment, the battery life reduces to 3 days, or even just 2.5 days. Blimey.
Oh, wait a minute. But you already have a habit of partial charging your battery. So, maybe you charge it every 2 days regardless of how much there's left. Then it won't matter to you if the battery life has shortened to 2.5 days! Your battery will never die on you. Hoorah!
But what if you're a diligent one? Then maybe after a year your battery's life shortens to 3.5 days due to your tender loving care showered on it. But every few days while you're out on the go, the battery dies on you because you didn't want to charge it the previous night when it's still 40% full.
Get my point?
Part II
I don't really know why I bother to write so much in Part I, because it really isn't an issue at all. If you bother to do a simple search on the Internet, you'll realise that this partial charging is bad thingy is an urban myth. Yup, it's utter tosh!
The truth is, most phones/laptops/MP3 players nowadays uses Lithium batteries. And it is perfectly alright to partial charge because it doesn't have a "memory effect". In fact, get this, it's better to partial charge than to do a full charge!
Using your battery until it's almost flat is actually not advisable, because it might short-circuit. So it is recommended that you charge it as often as you like. The only reason you'll want to do a full discharge/charge is if you have a battery gauge (like in a laptop) and you need to recalibrate it once in a while.
I know, you the diligent one feel like a fool now. It's okay - I'll try not to laugh at you.
But I can't... What a fool, ha!
References (if you don't believe me)
Well, let's divide what I have to say in two parts.
Part I
Personally, I never really bother. Maybe I'm just lazy. But actually I think it's a counter-productive practice. Look at it this way:
Let's say it really spoils the battery if you partial charge too often. So, say your phone's battery used to last 4 days on a full charge. After one year of ill treatment, the battery life reduces to 3 days, or even just 2.5 days. Blimey.
Oh, wait a minute. But you already have a habit of partial charging your battery. So, maybe you charge it every 2 days regardless of how much there's left. Then it won't matter to you if the battery life has shortened to 2.5 days! Your battery will never die on you. Hoorah!
But what if you're a diligent one? Then maybe after a year your battery's life shortens to 3.5 days due to your tender loving care showered on it. But every few days while you're out on the go, the battery dies on you because you didn't want to charge it the previous night when it's still 40% full.
Get my point?
Part II
I don't really know why I bother to write so much in Part I, because it really isn't an issue at all. If you bother to do a simple search on the Internet, you'll realise that this partial charging is bad thingy is an urban myth. Yup, it's utter tosh!
The truth is, most phones/laptops/MP3 players nowadays uses Lithium batteries. And it is perfectly alright to partial charge because it doesn't have a "memory effect". In fact, get this, it's better to partial charge than to do a full charge!
Using your battery until it's almost flat is actually not advisable, because it might short-circuit. So it is recommended that you charge it as often as you like. The only reason you'll want to do a full discharge/charge is if you have a battery gauge (like in a laptop) and you need to recalibrate it once in a while.
I know, you the diligent one feel like a fool now. It's okay - I'll try not to laugh at you.
But I can't... What a fool, ha!
References (if you don't believe me)
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