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Healthiest way to charge Lithium Ion (self.technology)
submitted 1 month ago by root to c/technology
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When charging a phone wirelessly, there is sometimes significant heat generated. That combined with higher charging rates that are now coming out with the Qi 2 standard make me wonder what the ideal charge for the battery would be.

Most of the time I just toss my phone onto a wireless charger before bed, and don’t really care how quickly it charges. Would it be better to use a 5W brick with a charging pad? Should wireless be avoided and usb used instead?

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 month ago

The main thing (by far) degrading a battery is charging cycles. After 7 years with say 1,500 cycles most batteries will have degraded far beyond "80%" (which is always just an estimate from the electronics anyway). Yes, you can help it a bit by limiting charging rate, heat and limit the min/max %, but it's not going to be a night and day difference. After 7 years with daily use, you're going to want to swap the battery, if not for capacity reduction then for safety issues.