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Originally Posted by Atunah
I read hours each day. In a good swing, I'll read a book a day. So the daily topping off charges have no effect on battery? Only the charges I do when its in cover to charge the cover up?
I always read out of the cover.
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Depth of charge does matter. However, if you are reading out of cover, you need to charge the reader itself a lot (since it sounds like you are a heavy reader.)
I lowered the 5% down to 3% (for less deep chargers). If you are reading 8 hours a day, this is what I came up with:
After the first year, you are down to 8.1 hours and went through 345 cycles
After the second year, you are down to 7 hours and have gone through 730 cycles
After the third year, you are down to 5.8 hours and gone through 1180 cycles.
One of the down sides to the above, IMO, is if you go to resell the device, and the battery can't be replaced:., buyer beware, as you've gone through 1180 cycles.
Using 5%:
After 1 year, you are down to 7.4 hours and went through 357 cycles
After 2 years, you are down to 5.4 hours and went through 800 cycles
After 3 years, you are down to 1.4 hours and gone through 1670 cycles
Also, note the initial assumption of 9 hour initial capacity.