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Originally Posted by TGS
That sounds about right. Noticed the green light after the unit had been charging all day, so I just unplugged it and so had no lights.
Incidentally, does anybody know whether it is "good for the battery" to let it discharge fully before recharging, as it used to be for old laptop batteries, or is it OK to keep it topped up?
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Thats what I understood from various threads:
For initial calibration, you should run through some cycles of full discharge/recharge.
"Calibration" I understand, simply means to adjust the battery meter, so the unit understands the difference between fully loaded and entirely discharged and the meter is correctly adjusted.
After those few cycles, perfect scenario would be, to permanently keep it about 40% charged. So, when not in use, I plug all my readers in once per week for a few hours. Seems favorable anyway, I've had some odd behaviors after full discharges.
That's not specific for iRex 800 or any other reader, but simply applies to the actual design of batteries.