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Originally Posted by obsessed2
No. Rechargeable lithium batteries are usually touted as better than older batteries because they don't have the so called "memory effect" like older batteries.
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The memory effect is something different.
That was about it being bad for the battery to keep topping it up.
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Memory effect, also known as battery effect, lazy battery effect or battery memory, is an effect observed in nickel cadmium rechargeable batteries that causes them to hold less charge. It describes one very specific situation in which certain NiCd batteries gradually lose their maximum energy capacity if they are repeatedly recharged after being only partially discharged. The battery appears to "remember" the smaller capacity.[1] The source of the effect is changes in the characteristics of the underused active materials of the cell.[citation needed] The term is commonly misapplied to almost any case in which a battery appears to hold less charge than was expected. These cases are more likely due to battery age and use, leading to irreversible changes in the cells due to internal short-circuits, loss of electrolyte, or reversal of cells.
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