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Hi. Just got a minitor 6. Love it so far but should i let the battery discharge almost fully after each use/day then charge it, or charge it every night?
 
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Minitor 6's come standard with lithium ion batteries. Nothing is gonna go bad if you charge it every night. Good battery practice is to let it get low before charging it but with the lithium ion, it's not a necessity.
 
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K2NEC said:
Minitor 6's come standard with lithium ion batteries. Nothing is gonna go bad if you charge it every night. Good battery practice is to let it get low before charging it but with the lithium ion, it's not a necessity.
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Ok thanks for the reply
 
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Can i leave it powered on the charger on selective call for 2 weeks while im out of town?
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I wouldn't
Keeping it on and charging will most likely destroy the battery after an extended period of time. 2 continuous weeks might just be enough to make the battery lose all charge.
 
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K2NEC said:
I wouldn't
Keeping it on and charging will most likely destroy the battery after an extended period of time. 2 continuous weeks might just be enough to make the battery lose all charge.
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I think it stops charging once it turns green
 
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K2NEC said:
I wouldn't
Keeping it on and charging will most likely destroy the battery after an extended period of time. 2 continuous weeks might just be enough to make the battery lose all charge.
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I leave one on and in the charger with stored voice and normal scan enabled 24/7. Battery is fine after nearly three years. YMMV
 
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I leave one on and in the charger with stored voice and normal scan enabled 24/7. Battery is fine after nearly three years. YMMV
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Yup. I thought it wouldnt hurt it. Lol. Just wanted to make sure. I want to hear the recorded calls when i get back
 
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I leave one on and in the charger with stored voice and normal scan enabled 24/7. Battery is fine after nearly three years. YMMV
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I killed an APX battery that way but yea I suppose you are right.
 
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I killed an APX battery that way but yea I suppose you are right.
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Thats a radio. Im talking about a pager that has a Lithium ion battery. Pagers are i guess meant to stay in the chargers on so that volunteer fire/emts can keep em charged and also hear whats going on. Thats what i just read
 
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Thats a radio. Im talking about a pager that has a Lithium ion battery. Pagers are i guess meant to stay in the chargers on so that volunteer fire/emts can keep em charged and also hear whats going on. Thats what i just read
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Battery is a battery. APX batt was a lithium ion too. It's just common battery practice to not have it on and in the charger because it's using battery power to power the radio/pager and it's receiving a charge from the charger. But at the same time, they don't make battery eliminators for pagers either.
 
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I mean worst case scenario is you buy another battery for $15
 
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I mean worst case scenario is you buy another battery for $15
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I understand but the charger stops charging once the battery is full. Ive left my minitor 5 when i owned one on 3 days on the charger and it didnt do anything to the battery or pager.
 
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APX charger is supposed to stop too. But alas I digress. Just my 2 cents
 
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I've had the same pager with the same battery for over 2 years now. It's never been turned off more than a handful of times and it goes on the charger 99% of the time every night. Sometimes it takes 2 minutes to recharge and sometimes it takes 20 depending on its activity in a days time. Of the times it has not gone on the charger, it's lasted up to 3 days on the battery. YMMV
 
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Does anybody know what number percentages the battery levels: high, medium and low are?
 
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