Usernameblankface@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agowhat advice was great when you first heard it, but has aged like milk since then?message-squaremessage-square263fedilinkarrow-up1159arrow-down13
arrow-up1156arrow-down1message-squarewhat advice was great when you first heard it, but has aged like milk since then?Usernameblankface@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world · 5 months agomessage-square263fedilink
minus-squareRednax@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up77·5 months ago“Fully empty your battery before charging it up again, it increases the lifespan of the battery.” This was true before lithium-ion batteries became the norm. But for lithium-ion batteries, the opposite holds.
minus-squarehogmomma@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoWhat’s the opposite of “full empty your battery before charging it again?”
minus-squareAtemu@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up19·5 months agoDon’t let it uncharge fully. You ideally want to stay in the 30-70% range as much as possible.
minus-squareSkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·5 months agoFrom time to time you want to let the battery go from 100% to shutting off, so the charging circuit can calibrate the reported capacity
minus-squareGrandwolf319@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoAlso, charging it to full is much better than letting it die until it’s empty. I’ve also heard 40-80%
minus-squareCaptain Aggravated@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoWell that one is still true if somehow you still have Ni-Cd batteries in your life.
“Fully empty your battery before charging it up again, it increases the lifespan of the battery.”
This was true before lithium-ion batteries became the norm. But for lithium-ion batteries, the opposite holds.
What’s the opposite of “full empty your battery before charging it again?”
Don’t let it uncharge fully. You ideally want to stay in the 30-70% range as much as possible.
From time to time you want to let the battery go from 100% to shutting off, so the charging circuit can calibrate the reported capacity
Thanks Jaime!
Also, charging it to full is much better than letting it die until it’s empty.
I’ve also heard 40-80%
Well that one is still true if somehow you still have Ni-Cd batteries in your life.