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In other words, should I keep my electronic device plugged in when in use, or let it drain the battery and then recharge it?

my car battery meter says its charged. lights and gauges all work. when hooked up jumper cables to my battery and smacked them together they sparked so i think my battery is charged. but my car wont turn over at all no noise no click click. is this the starter or alternator? thanks guys im [...]

The 10v rechargeable battery is for Lego Mindstorms. I didnt buy an additional transformer because I have a transformer which already has a 9v or 12v dc output.

I put the tester on it and it says 2/3 but I also heard your suppose to run a battery dead before charging so what should I do and is there anything wrong with charging a battery on carpet and can anything dangerous happening cause ive been reading stuff that it can explose and cause [...]

And it’s a manual charger, can you do any damage if you leave it on for like 12 hrs? Mine is a 1amp. Manual means it doesn’t shut off when the batt is fully charged I suppose. My battery is now 7yrs old and still ok.

I want my rechargeable battery fully charged all the time. If the charging time is 10-15 hours and I charge it beyond its charging time will it damage the battery?

I just got my car started and was driving it down the road when it stopped on me. I carried an extra battery in case this happened so I used my jumper cables and the extra battery and jumped my car to start. It ran for a while then it died again. Could my cables [...]

i just bought a rechargeable battery thing and i was wondering how do you know when to charge it

When a cars battery runs out of energy and you use another car to give it energy with jumper cables. Does the good car feed the bad car with energy from its battery? The longer I leave it plugged and running does it charge more or is it a waste of time?

How do you determine if a AA sized or any other NiMH is fully charged or not? Can you do it with a multi-tester? Do I measure just the voltage alone? If just voltage, what are the values for fully charged batteries?