Why should you never charge a battery to full?

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For that matter what is it with batteries that make them so fickle?

You can’t charge them to full, but at the same time you can’t let them die, but at the same time you should wait for them to die before you charge since constant charging is bad, but at the same time not charging enough is also bad like what’s the real deal with batteries T_T

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There’s a lot of wrong or old info online. Generally follow these rules and you’re good to go:

– Not too full, especially if it’s hot out
– Not too empty, especially if it’s cold out
– Try to keep it near 50% as much as possible
– Ignore everything above. It’s such a minor difference the “savings” isn’t usually worth the effort. If it doesn’t inconvenient you in **ANY** way, then it might be worth your effort implementing those suggestions. Otherwise, ignore it.

These suggestions are for modern li-ion batteries. There’s a lot of other contradicting info because of different, older battery technologies.

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