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Anonymous asked in Computers & InternetHardwareLaptops & Notebooks · 1 decade ago

Can i leave my charger in my phone/laptop even though it's been fully charged?

Will this take away more battery life?

The reason for this is because i hate having to plug the charger in my computer all the time when the battery's dead so i just leave it in...

Is this okay?

My phone's an LG Secret and my Laptop's a Macbook Pro

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  • 1 decade ago
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    yes you can but only for a short while other wise you battery will lose some of its life

    for macs you can leave it in and work on it for 2 hours after it's fully charged and then you should pull the charger out

    for your phone you should take it out immediately because when it's fully charged it will say "remove to save energy" (I also have an LG secret)

  • 1 decade ago

    Lithium based batteries (used in most modern electronic devices like mobile phones, laptops, PDAs and just about everything) have a protection circuit, built into the battery iteslf, that disconnects the battery when the voltage reaches a certain level.

    So check if the battery is lithium based.

    The other advantage of lithium batteries, is they have no "memory effect" you can charge them repeatedly, without needing to drain them to empty before charging.

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Yes. Once the battery is charged, the charger provides all the power and stops charging the battery.

  • J.M.F.
    Lv 6
    1 decade ago

    Yes - these days most rechargers are 'intelligent' meaning they adjust according to the charge in the battery. This is not always the case for cheap items, but you can feel safe with laptops and phones as they're big-ticket, highly mass produced items :)

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  • 1 decade ago

    Yes, it will effect the battery life, but not to any high level.

    If you download iTattle, it will tell you how much charge your computer battery will hold, how much it has left, and how much it has done before.

    Don't worry so much. I almost always have my computer plugged in and mine is an iBook Late '04, so it's worse quality than yours.

    Good luck!

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    yep just leave it in when its fully charged the phone and computer take power from the wall or car only the battery is no longer charged or used

  • 1 decade ago

    Yes

  • 1 decade ago

    i never unplug my laptop and i let my phone charge all night and both work super well :D

    so yes it's okay, i dont know anyone who doesn t leave their laptop plugged in all day

  • 1 decade ago

    I wudnt b/c eventually it will start makeing the life of the battery shorter. i dont kno why but it will,. it happened to me.

  • 1 decade ago

    yes, because sooner or later it's gonna stop charging on its own.

    so it really doesnt hurt anything

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