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Old 03-18-2021, 09:51 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by NiMa View Post
Of course. Lithium batteries, when they go near 100% charge, are charged by trickle charging; only small bits of energy are given to the battery sporadically: to keep it near 100% but to also prevent it from burning.
Trickle charging is a great thing in life; but when you use it too much, it can damage the lithium cells and thus shorten the life of the battery.

This is a good read about that.
I almost never charge my reader by plugging it into the wall. I connect it to Calibre via my PC so often that its charge stays at a level that works for me. What this does to its battery life, I'm not sure
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