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Old 08-19-2008, 02:16 PM
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Re: Anyones battery actualy last a full day?

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Originally Posted by calimocho View Post
I tried letting it discharge all the way down then charging all the way up. Even tho the Li-Ion itself doesn't have a memory, the charge circuit must! I had my first 24-hours w/o charge in months. (Granted my usage was pretty light but this is a big difference).
Yup, somewhere in either my big post or VulcanGrey's follow-up, there's info on the smart meter being adaptive. Letting the battery drain until the device turns itself off will reset the circuit's memory, without causing the actual battery itself to die (and thus be damaged).