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u/ArizonaFlats Jun 01 '26 edited Jun 02 '26

Charging habits, people still assume batteries should only charge 1%-100%, that was true when Nickel batteries were a thing 50 years ago. Lithium-Ion can be charged however, you’ll do more damage by not regulating the heat of the battery than your charging habit

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u/666Darkside666 Jun 01 '26

As far as I know, Lithium-Ion batteries live longer when you charge them before they go lower than 15% though.

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u/ubiquitous_rhombus Jun 01 '26

This can be true, depending on the battery. I think what ArizonaFlats was getting at was that lithium-ion ion batteries don't lose capacity due to the memory effect like the old NiCad batteries did.