Thread: Battery life: leave plugged in or let discharge
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Old 05-10-2019, 04:09 AM   #24
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Originally Posted by hollowpoint View Post
Common-sense suggestions in this article which are a summary, with supporting links, of the best practices for maintaining LIon battery life:

https://www.pcmag.com/news/357987/ch...myths-debunked
Sorry, that article is wrong. I didn't read past the first suggestion because it was absolute crap.

You should not trickle charge Li-Ion batteries. If you do, it is dangerous. And by dangerous, I mean potentially explosive. They get charged to full, then the charger turns off. They will not charge again until the battery charge drops below a certain charge level.

And just to be clear, "trickle charging" is used to keep a batteries charge level at 100% by maintaining a low charging current to the battery. This is used for some battery chemistries. But not Li-Ion.
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