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Old 04-09-2010, 12:30 PM   #15
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Originally Posted by penartur View Post
I believe that irex shuts itself down from standby if there is less than some percentage of charge left... so the battery will not be completely empty unless one is going on vacation for a couple of years.
True, but there's more to it than just discharging to completely empty. Li-Ion batteries don't usually like big recharge cycles. Keeping them topped off is a lot better for them than letting them get down to 10% (or whatever the cutoff is) and then recharging from there every time. The farther you have to bring the charge back up, the harder it is on the battery. It won't damage it immediately, but it effects your overall battery life expectancy.
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