uncle b
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All the words above I now live by. I used to leave my SR25 plugged in ALL THE TIME to the port of my MacBook, as I was often loading and unloading music onto it.Just a thought: Lithium batteries can suffer from swelling which obviously isn't good.
I've always followed a practice of not fully charging a Lithium battery as its my belief that over charging is the root cause.
My background is in engineering, specially DC power systems with a heavy emphasis in battery technology.
I can state my personal experience in that I've never had any battery fail since I started following this practice.
I can state that in the industry I work in, swelling is an issue and Lithium batteries fail.
Please take into account that there are different battery types, even Lithium. So I have to generalise.
The advantages outweigh the negatives. But maybe look at whether you can alter the way you charge? Stop before you get to 100% and you might end the terrible luck you are having!
That is, until the shocking day, that the battery bulged, compromised the glue and pushed the back plate out, and I had to return the player that was just barely still in the warranty period!
Never again do I “just plug in” the player(s) I own from A&K. I try and not bring them to 100% charge, either. If the player happens to drain and power down during a listening session, then so be it!