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Originally Posted by Shack70
The Kindle battery has no memory so it should be fine to drain it or not to drain it.
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True on the no memory part, not true for the "fine to drain it". Lithium based rechargeables absolutely do not like being discharged until totally drained. If you want to reduce the overall life of your Kindle battery, or any other lithium ion/polymer battery then drain it all the way every time.
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Originally Posted by Kenneth_irl
So the battery used in the Kindle is like the ones used in mobile phones, right ?
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If that phone battery is lithium polymer, yes. The cell itself is a nominal 3.7 volts, with a fully charged voltage of 4.2 volts. I don't know if the Kindle charges to 4.2 volts, but it would get longer overall life, not single charge life, out of 4.1 volts.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showp...99&postcount=1
Pay particular attention to "2. Lithium What?" and "3. Voltage and Cell Count:". The article is on an R/C site and they do use batteries in a way the Kindle will never see, but Lixx batteries have the same basic rules, regardless...