No, I never kept them in the charger after they were charged. Therefore
(according to the lore) their life should have been longer rather than
shorter. But it doesn't change the fact that I view batteries (that
last 5-7 years) as cheap enough that I don't have to worry about
optimizing their life.
Chuck Norcutt
On 10/3/2013 4:35 PM, tOM Trottier wrote:
> 2013 Oct 03 - Thu at 10:52 re:Re: [OM] Keeping Your Laptop Plugge …
> Chuck Norcutt <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>wrote …
>
>> As John O'Regan notes, it's possible that the off-mains usage time
>> of my battery is now down to 2 hours rather than 6. I don't know
>> since I rarely use it off the mains but wouldn't be surprised. What
>> I am surprised at is that it's still working at all after more than
>> 6 years of "abuse". None of my camera lithium-ion batteries have
>> lasted that long except the Energizer Canon BP-511 clone that's
>> still running after 7 years. The original Canon BP-511 for the 5D
>> came close but died at 6 years... perhaps from more frequent usage.
>
> But did you keep the camera battery continuously in the charger?
>
> Laptop batteries suffer from always being "topped up" when they are in
> desktop use,
> while one usually removes other batteries from the charger.
>
> Laptop batteries also suffer from the laptop heat while the laptop is in use.
>
> tOM
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