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 Originally Posted by Spazo
Just fyi... don't leave your phone plugged into your car charger for more than 45 minutes (on a dead battery). Car chargers are meant to QUICKLY recharge your phone's batt whereas standard at home chargers are a slow charge. If you leave it on for more than 45 minutes, you'll shorten the life of your batt.
.. or so I'm told!
you are absolutely correct. a car charger will never stop charging your battery, so even when it's full, it will still attempt to charge at the full 12v power. common side effect is immediate loss of battery life, also the battery gets really hot.
in extreme cases, ive actually seen the batteries expand, it almost looks like the insides have "popped" (from OVER-NIGHT on a car charger).
the non technical way to test this.. lay your battery flat on a flat surface and try to spin it, if it barely moves, its good, if it actually rotates, its bad.
they do make converters if you are in your vehicle a lot, it reduces the power to that of a standard wall plug.
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