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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: question about running the battery on my player downRe: question about running the battery on my player down
From: asettico <asettico_at_rossomaltese.it>
Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 15:02:20 +0200 *victor rajewski <askvictor_at_gmail.com> ha scritto*: > On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 9:24 AM, Paul Louden <paulthenerd_at_gmail.com> wrote: >> alex wallis wrote: >> >> > I hate recharging it when its not completely dead. >> > >> With lithium based batteries it's perfectly acceptable (and according to >> some sources even preferred) to make smaller charges, rather than running it >> down and charging it completely. Why do you want to run it all the way down? >> Intentionally running it down is a good way to simply wear out your battery. > > There is a reason to run down a Lithium battery from time to time - to > reset the fuel gauge. While half charging it has no adverse effect on > the battery life, it eventually confuses the fuel gauge, and may lead > to inaccurate readings. Every few months it is good to completely > flatten, then completely charge the battery. That could be the reason > you're not seeing 100%. The link posted by Bertrik explains very well this. I checked the battery charge behaviour using the r17111 _not patched_ and I rediscovered the reassuring "100%". It's possible that the patch 8603 changed some calibration IMVHO. -- ,= ,-_-. =. asettico ~ [ http://rossomaltese.it/ ] ((_/)o o(\_)) OpenPGP ~~ [ 1024D/1CB926BA 2003-11-29 ] `-'(. .)`-' \_/Received on 2008-04-16 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |