Re: Take the Li-Ion battery out whenever it is not in use

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Subject: Re: Take the Li-Ion battery out whenever it is not in use
From: hm@seneca.muc.de (Harald Milz)
Date: Sat, 21 Mar 98 12:35 CET
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Damon Liu (damon@CS.UCLA.EDU) wrote:
> I don't use my Li-Ion battery very often.
> In order to preserve my battery life, is it okay to take it out
> while I am using the AC power?

No need for this. The batteries have some internal intelligence which
disconnects them from the power bus if they are full. Older technologies
like NiCD or NiMH have "memory effect problems" but Li-Ion hasn't.

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