New Phone Battery Query

Hi

Re my earlier post, i've taken the plunge and bought a Nokia 6300.

When I picked it up from the Orange shop there was a part 'shop' charge in
it and the guy told me to let it run down and then charge it for 16 hours.
I've since been told by a guy on the Orange Customer Services line that this
is nonsense and I just need to charge it now until it says it's charged
(say, overnight) and that should be it with no detrimental effect on the
battery.

Which one is talking crap? What should I do?

Thanks in advance

xiv

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:03:28 +0100, "louisxiv" <louisxiv@nothanks.com>
wrote:
>Hi
>
>Re my earlier post, i've taken the plunge and bought a Nokia 6300.
>
>When I picked it up from the Orange shop there was a part 'shop' charge in
>it and the guy told me to let it run down and then charge it for 16 hours.
>I've since been told by a guy on the Orange Customer Services line that this
>is nonsense and I just need to charge it now until it says it's charged
>(say, overnight) and that should be it with no detrimental effect on the
>battery.

Li-based batteries or cells need only to be charged until the phone
(or charger) says it's fully charged.

<borje@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:461befec.1017937@news.individual.net...
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:03:28 +0100, "louisxiv" <louisxiv@nothanks.com>
> wrote:
>>Hi
>>
>>Re my earlier post, i've taken the plunge and bought a Nokia 6300.
>>
>>When I picked it up from the Orange shop there was a part 'shop' charge in
>>it and the guy told me to let it run down and then charge it for 16 hours.
>>I've since been told by a guy on the Orange Customer Services line that
>>this
>>is nonsense and I just need to charge it now until it says it's charged
>>(say, overnight) and that should be it with no detrimental effect on the
>>battery.
>
> Li-based batteries or cells need only to be charged until the phone
> (or charger) says it's fully charged.
>
I thought so. Otherwise the small charge already put in would have spoilt
the battery. I can just charge it now then, without waiting for it to run
down?

On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:30:25 +0100, "louisxiv" <louisxiv@nothanks.com>
wrote:
>
><borje@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>news:461befec.1017937@news.individual.net...
>> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 20:03:28 +0100, "louisxiv" <louisxiv@nothanks.com>
>> wrote:
>>>Hi
>>>
>>>Re my earlier post, i've taken the plunge and bought a Nokia 6300.
>>>
>>>When I picked it up from the Orange shop there was a part 'shop' charge in
>>>it and the guy told me to let it run down and then charge it for 16 hours.
>>>I've since been told by a guy on the Orange Customer Services line that
>>>this
>>>is nonsense and I just need to charge it now until it says it's charged
>>>(say, overnight) and that should be it with no detrimental effect on the
>>>battery.
>>
>> Li-based batteries or cells need only to be charged until the phone
>> (or charger) says it's fully charged.
>>
>I thought so. Otherwise the small charge already put in would have spoilt
>the battery. I can just charge it now then, without waiting for it to run
>down?

You should NEVER run down Li-based cells totally! To start with, it
doesn't do any good. Then, if you use an other device to run down the
battery you'd most definitely will damage the cell(s).

No, real danger, though, with a phone. It's designed to cut off the
discharge of the battery before it's getting to close to harming the
cells.

The best thing with Li-based batteries is that you could charge them
as often as you can, as much as you feel like. The bulit in
electronics handles the recharging procedure.

<borje@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:461cf69b.2728843@news.individual.net...
> On Tue, 10 Apr 2007 21:30:25 +0100, "louisxiv" <louisxiv@nothanks.com>
> wrote:
>>
>
> No, real danger, though, with a phone. It's designed to cut off the
> discharge of the battery before it's getting to close to harming the
> cells.
>
> The best thing with Li-based batteries is that you could charge them
> as often as you can, as much as you feel like. The bulit in
> electronics handles the recharging procedure.
>

Thanks. charging up now!