Is it okay to leave your battery on the charger indefinitely? I have a backup ecig that I want to keep charged. If I take it off the charger will it keep the charge or should I just leave it on the charger?
Question about charging batteries
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There is a stickied thread in the technical issues section of the forums that discusses this with much of the information coming from Welcome to Battery University which is a very reliable source.
Short answer is that the batteries do not need to be left in the charger, and there is some evidence that leaving them in long term may degrade performance. When the light is green on your charger, the battery is charged and no current is flowing to the battery. Lithium Ion batteries do not trickle charge (despite what some e-cig distributors instructions may indicate). A charged battery should hold its charge very well with little loss of power; around 10% after a month is the number I have seen posted. Most of us rotate between several batteries, so one is always charging, but with a battery lasting 3-4 hours, one never sits in my charger for more than a day.
Short answer is that the batteries do not need to be left in the charger, and there is some evidence that leaving them in long term may degrade performance. When the light is green on your charger, the battery is charged and no current is flowing to the battery. Lithium Ion batteries do not trickle charge (despite what some e-cig distributors instructions may indicate). A charged battery should hold its charge very well with little loss of power; around 10% after a month is the number I have seen posted. Most of us rotate between several batteries, so one is always charging, but with a battery lasting 3-4 hours, one never sits in my charger for more than a day.
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