08-14-2006, 11:27 AM
Ok.
I've got a couple expensive electric toys. Notably, I caved on my cell phone and bought a nice one, and I've got an iPod Nano. Somebody told me, about the phone once, that I should use it until the battery is 100% dead to make sure that it doesn't develop a memory. I did, and noticed that the battery life seemed to be much greater after the completely dead rechard. I tried the same thing on my iPod to good results. Ever since then I've tried to do this once every couple weeks or so.
Is this something you should be doing to all rechargable batteries to get good service life out of them? Will it ultimately shorten the life of them? Am I the subject of a bad placebo effect? I'm thinking about buying a friend's laptop - would the same advice carry over to those batteries?
I've got a couple expensive electric toys. Notably, I caved on my cell phone and bought a nice one, and I've got an iPod Nano. Somebody told me, about the phone once, that I should use it until the battery is 100% dead to make sure that it doesn't develop a memory. I did, and noticed that the battery life seemed to be much greater after the completely dead rechard. I tried the same thing on my iPod to good results. Ever since then I've tried to do this once every couple weeks or so.
Is this something you should be doing to all rechargable batteries to get good service life out of them? Will it ultimately shorten the life of them? Am I the subject of a bad placebo effect? I'm thinking about buying a friend's laptop - would the same advice carry over to those batteries?
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2009 Speed Triple | 2006 DR-Z400SM | 1999 CBR600F4 | 1998 Jeep Cherokee
-Ginger
2009 Speed Triple | 2006 DR-Z400SM | 1999 CBR600F4 | 1998 Jeep Cherokee
-Ginger