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andymulhearn is offline andymulhearn
2005-12-21 , 13:14
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Originally Posted by jaycee
Russ -

Not that I doubt you at all, but I'd be really interested to see anything you can cite about this. I've been doing "deep cycles" with my 770 as I /thought/ this was the best way to run it but, as I say, I'd be really interested to see something conclusive saying the opposite!

Many thanks!
Jaycee
Check this article out http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm

Based on this, I try to do two or three full discharges with a Lithium Ion or Polymer batter and then after that, keep it topped up. LIon batteries don't suffer the memory effect of older NiMh batteries, and even those have improved to the extent that the memory effect is much reduced.

Apple suggest a complete discharge once a month for battery conditioning, though I tend not to follow that suggestion.
Last edited by andymulhearn; 2005-12-21 at 13:17.