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Originally Posted by barryem
The worst thing you can do to any battery is to let it go dead and leave it that way for an extended period. Try that with your car battery and you'll see. That ruins batteries.
In the case of an electronic device with a lithium ion battery, such as the Kindle, there's an additional issue. Lithium ion batteries become dangerous to recharge if they become dead. Doing so can cause them to catch fire or even explode. To prevent that they have circuitry that, once they've gone completely dead, won't let them take any charge.
The battery university website has a detailed write-up on caring for lithium ion batteries and part of that is an explanation of that problem. It's worth reading.
http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/a...ased_batteries
Your best bet is see if Amazon will offer a discount on a replacement. Sometimes they do that. If not, you might look for a replacement battery. Newpower99.com has them as do other sites. They include the tools you need and a video showing how to replace it.
If you don't do that I'd take the Kindle to a place that takes in old batteries and safely disposes of them. Walmart used to do that. I guess they still do. Other places do it, also. Lithium is dangeruos stuff. You don't want to just toss it in the trash.
Barry |
There are places in many towns that take in old electronics for recycling as well. My local place charges by the pound though that shouldn't be a problem with such a small thing as a kindle I'd guess.