this post was submitted on 18 May 2025
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[–] Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Wait, aren't you supposed to drain it to 0%, and then charge to 100%?

Charging it before then trains the battery to hold less charge over time.

[–] deltapi@lemmy.world 10 points 1 month ago

Are you using NiCd batteries?

[–] drosophila@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 1 month ago

That is how old NiCd batteries from the 2000s worked.

Lithium is the opposite, it doesn't like to be at 100% for long periods of time and it likes being at 0% even less.

[–] lime@feddit.nu 4 points 1 month ago

you're supposed to never let a lithium battery go below 10 or above 90, because that damages the battery