Re: Discharging New Batteries in Digital Camera

"Celcius" <cosmarSànS@MàjusculeS.rogers.com> writes:
>This was explained to me some time ago, although it may be wrong... but it
>makes sense to me.
>It seems that although batteries no longer have a "memory", they seem to
>only be able to be replenished "X times" through their life.
>Therefore, it's always better to let them discharge completely, have a spare
>handy and change it then. In this way, you get the most use out of the total
>life of the battery.

That's not generally true of rechargeable batteries. If they will
provide X full charge cycles, you will get many more (not 2*X, but many
more than X) cycles where you half-discharge and then recharge. So
there's not much point in waiting for batteries to be fully discharged
before recharging.

Dave
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