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Originally Posted by the.Mtn.Man
This isn't entirely accurate either. If a rechargeable battery refuses to hold a charge then there's likely something else going on besides simply age.
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Sigh. Look, if your battery lasts forever, great for you. I genuinely believe your batteries last a long time, and I've had a bunch of batteries that last a long time. I work on cars, I work on computers, I build all sorts of weird things powered by lead/acid, NiCad, NiMH, Li-Ion, etc batteries, whatever -- and there are *so* many things that lead to complications in how batteries behave under various conditions, depending on heat, cold, overcharging, undercharging, current flow (high drain vs low drain) ...
And you know something? In the real world it doesn't matter diddly-squat whether your theory or my theory is better at explaining why the heck your electronic device won't power up this morning ("but it was working just fine yesterday!" I get that a lot) -- you plug it in, it works or it doesn't, and if it doesn't work it really doesn't matter the reasons why it doesn't work, the point is: Get it working!
Things might be different for you because maybe you don't get paid for getting things working again but that's literally my job: I install, configure, and support computers and electronic equipment in a university environment and while it can be fun to swap stories as to why things work, or don't work, and/or why my battery lasts longer than yours or vice-versa, in the end I don't get paid if I can't keep things working. So that's my personal focus.
