Hi Lee,

My old battery died after leaving the charger plugged in 24/7.

I bought a new battery, and it died in less than 2 months (after being=20
left with the charger connected).

These decommissioned phones work great for extension telephones for my=20
wifi based internet phone system. But, in order to be always ready in=20
case I get a call, they need to be left connected to the charger 24/7.

I suppose I might add a timer that completely takes power away from the=20
charging input in order to keep the battery at 50 percent charged. This=20
would avoid the trickle state, which does seem to destroy the battery if=20
left connected to the charger all the time.

I was hoping for a better solution.....

Are these smart charging chips user programmable so I can change the=20
parameters (like reducing the trickle charge to a few microamps after 50=20
percent charge is achieved)? A fifty percent battery charge will run my=20
phone for 3 hours of talk time, which is satisfactory for my purposes.

These cellphones have no cell service, they are used to provide a wifi=20
link between the phone and the router, running special software in the=20
phone so that it will function without a cell service contract.

TY.

Art

 >if it stays at a trickle state then yeah it
 >probably will slowly kill a battery if kept connected.




  On 07/08/2015 12:58 AM, Lee Mulvogue wrote:
> if it stays at a trickle state then yeah it
> probably will slowly kill a battery if kept connected.

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