So I drunkenly found an easy fix for preventing overcharging.

[barysnikov]

If you have a USB charger, you can use your computer. Maybe you wanna charge up your batteries and walk away, right? But you don't want to overcharge your batteries. Well, you can set your computer to turn off after a certain amount of time being unused. When your computer shuts down, you're batteries quit charging. So by setting it to turn off after 2, 3, or however many hours your batteries need, you get just the right charge without any attention needed. This is also great if you wanna charge while you sleep.

How to(i only know how to do this in windows, but I'm sure it's comparable on other OS)

1. go to the start menu->control panel->power options.
2.there should be several different power plans listed. One of them is already selected, I would change the power options on that one.
3. go to advanced power settings for it. Find the sleep tab. expand it and go to hibernate, set it to however long you need to charge your battery.

This works on Windows 7 specifically, but I'm sure a quick google search could show you how to do it on any other system.

Enjoy!

 

[jj2]

A timer is good too.

 

[barysnikov]

If you have a timer, obviously that would be another way to go. I do not have a timer though, and don't feel like forking out money or time to get one. But I already have a computer, as does everyone else on this website(most likely).

 

[Allan.GH]

Computer? You can use a computer?

And, here, all this time, I've been shouting into the end of the phone line...and that gives me a sore throat.

You can get timers at Big Lots for a couple of bucks, BTW.

 

[Bawn]

How do you over charge? The charger shuts off once battery is charged.

 

[OnlyInMyVapr]

Actually most chargers will continue to give it full voltage even after its full... unless you have a trickle charger... go through alot of batteries do you? Aside from that along with the Windows thing.. if you go into your power profile you should be able to find that you can set your USBs to shut down too aside from shutting down the whole computer. Good luck!

How do you over charge? The charger shuts off once battery is charged.

 

[WillyB]

Actually most chargers will continue to give it full voltage even after its full... unless you have a trickle charger..

That's simply not true, and there is no trickle chargers made for Li-Ions.

 

[Tweedledotdee]

Thanks for the tip!!

 

[turnforward]

OH MY GOSSSSHHHHHHHHH. I left my battery on the charger for 16 hours. And its still on the charger.
!!!!!!!!!!WE ARE ALL GOING TO DIE!!!!!!!!!!

 

[Dieseler]

Reading the thread header.
So do tell were you drunk when this came about?

 

[TheJack]

That's simply not true, and there is no trickle chargers made for Li-Ions.

my Pilla charger has trickle charge or at least thats what it says.

 

[Tersur]

You missed the part of the story about beeing drunk. How did that contribute to you discovering this method.