Tablet Battery Charging
If I'm using my Tablet as a GPS, and have it on constantly, will it damage the tablet battery to it plugged to an accessory charger all the time it is in use, or should I wait until the battery discha...
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wa8yxm wrote:
There are a lot of myths about batteries.. Modern hardware has some serious battery charging monitors built in and won't damage the battery Some "Vintage" hardware... Would. many years ago.
Well, a better way to say it is the modern built in battery monitors have improved to MINIMIZE the potential for battery damage caused by over charging or over discharging..
Older devices (especially when Lith Ion batteries first hit consumer devices) not so much.
True story, my company bought a high tech device from a well known and well respected company which was a first generation mobile smart device with WiFi which used MS Windows CE and contained a barcode scanner. That device also used FIRST generation Lithium Ion batteries.. My company resold the device with our specialized highly customized software for a specific task.
We DID have several times have either the device or a battery OVER HEAT to the point which resulted in a user receiving a severe burn.
One was ruled damage from the battery or device being dropped harder than the device was rated for, causing the battery to rupture and the other was inconclusive but was thought that the Battery management malfunctioned and allowed the battery to charge at a higher rate than designed.
