Camcorder Battery FAQs.
Camcorder-battery-shop.com 2006-10-24
- Is it fine to leave the battery on the camcorder all of the time?
- It's normally not a problem, have never had any problems in over 15 years but your manual may say otherwise. That does not apply to sticking it in the closet for a few years. I do unplug the charger after the battery charges.
- Also, I heard that it is best to use the battery up entirely before recharging it to ensure it keeps all of its charging power...does anyone know if that is right?
- That is not right. It has never been ideal "to fully discharge a battery". If you are thinking of Ni-Cads, that is not true. The discharged state of a Ni-Cad is normally about 1.0 volts per cell. At that voltage level, most of the energy is spent. Discharging the battery further could damage it through cell reversal. That is why Ni-Cad cells are always connect in series and not in parallel (If engineered properly)
The same basically applies to Li-ion, Li-polymer, NiMH and Sealed Lead Acid batteries except that the minimum cell voltages may be different.
If your equipment properly monitors cell voltage and possibly cell temperature and disconnects at the appropriate level like many Li-ion, Li-polymer do, then there is no problem. They may say the battery pack is fully discharged, but it still contains energy and that energy can be easily measured.
Normally there is no benefit to discharge a Li-ion battery unless you are testing it to determine actually capacity, to predict death date when comparing to previous tests of the cell, or possibly discharging to approximately 50% capacity for long term storage. I don't think the average consumer wants to buy the appropriate test equipment and maintain battery performance logs on their batteries.
Sometimes using the battery a few times and charging when they are new may help them achieve a full charge.
Thus my recommendation, buy at least one spare battery, charge as outlined in your manual, and go have fun with your batteries.
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