[kleykenb]

Hi all,

I have a general question about battery use in devices like a notebook and the DR1000S but because of the 'discharge' bugs within the DR1000S the question became more vital to me.

The question :
Will a battery use up its 'charge-cycles' while a device is plugged into the power mains ? Of course if a battery is not fully charged it would, because it would then charge up to full capacity but what if a battery is charged completely, would the power be provided directly to the circuitry or would the power first have to go to the battery and then to the circuitry or would the battery be 'by-passed' ?

My battery of the DR1000S has been fully drained repeatedly over the 2 weeks that I have had the device, simply because it appears to be turned-off while it is not. This is a big concern, this will basically mean that the battery will go through it's charge cycles while I am not even using it ! And eventually will result in me having to pay iRex for a undoubthfully expensive battery replacement sooner than normally necessary ! While I'm otherwise happy with the device this seems a serious issue and seen that iRex is not coming out with a fix for the bug I am really hopeing that at least leaving it plugged in to the power mains will reduce the inherent damage to the bug does to the battery.