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Old 05-27-2009, 09:44 AM   #11
dwallbaum
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Well, my next experiment is to let the K2's battery deplete for a while, then plug into the AC and see what happens.. since this is what triggered the entire discussion.

Sirbruce: your contention is that sleep mode or off mode, the charging system remains the same - that when full charge is indicated by the green light, that green light remains lit all the time the K2 is connected to a power sources, is that correct? Irrespective of what the unit is actually doing at the time: being read, indexing, sleeping or off?

thx!

DonW


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Originally Posted by sirbruce View Post
Well, I can tell you this: it does not do this when plugged into the wall socket, even when fully charged.

Furthermore, when *not* fully charged, I can tell that even in sleep mode, plugged in via USB, the light stays on and it keeps charging. And when it finishes charging, it puts on a green light, even in sleep mode.

What you *might* have a case is, if it's fully charged, and it's plugged in via USB, and then it goes to sleep, it will turn the light off and no longer charge. But I can't confirm this at this time. I have no idea why it might behave this way.

I would not worry about this at all unless you plan routinely leave your Kindle 2 plugged in, while fully charged, to the USB for long periods of time. If so, then this bears further investigation.
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