Anyone know if the battery capacity of the gamepad will deplete over time if you leave it plugged in even while it's fully charged? Just wondering if it's safe to charge overnight.
Possible to overcharge Wii U gamepad?
Started by Kokirii, Sep 21 2013 02:29 PM
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Posted 21 September 2013 - 02:29 PM
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Posted 21 September 2013 - 02:45 PM
I keep mine plugged in all the time and haven't had a problem.
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Posted 21 September 2013 - 02:47 PM
It should be okay. But you should know that every battery, no matter how good it is, gets depleted over time. A good battery should last at least 500 charges.
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Posted 21 September 2013 - 02:59 PM
It does generally wear them out quicker if you leave them plugged in all the time rather than let them drain to low then charge them back up.
However I see no point worrying about it as if you DON'T leave it on charge then it will run out quicker today, due to discharging when not in use. So all you are doing is avoiding the battery having a reduction in capacity in the future, by making it have a reduced capacity today by not keeping it charged. What is the gain exactly?
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Posted 21 September 2013 - 03:30 PM
This question is back again. 
It's fine.
It's fine.
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Posted 21 September 2013 - 04:04 PM
It does generally wear them out quicker if you leave them plugged in all the time rather than let them drain to low then charge them back up.
However I see no point worrying about it as if you DON'T leave it on charge then it will run out quicker today, due to discharging when not in use. So all you are doing is avoiding the battery having a reduction in capacity in the future, by making it have a reduced capacity today by not keeping it charged. What is the gain exactly?
It's actually letting batteries drain to 0% that wears out them quickly.
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Posted 21 September 2013 - 04:33 PM
I leave my Wii U Gamepad always in the charging cradle. Don't notice a difference.
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Posted 21 September 2013 - 04:46 PM
This question is back again.
It's fine.
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Posted 21 September 2013 - 05:11 PM
It does. It's just hard to use.
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Posted 21 September 2013 - 08:16 PM
Its designed for trickle charge. Its meant to be always plugged in when not in use via the charging cradle. It shuts itself off, and then only trickles enough charge to stay full.
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Posted 21 September 2013 - 10:03 PM
It's actually letting batteries drain to 0% that wears out them quickly.
Actually I think thats only Lithium Ion batteries. Is the gamepad Li-on? I don't know.
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Posted 22 September 2013 - 06:57 AM
It's not possible to overcharge any device in this day and age. This includes the Wii U Gamepad.
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Posted 22 September 2013 - 02:51 PM
Actually I think thats only Lithium Ion batteries. Is the gamepad Li-on? I don't know.
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Posted 22 September 2013 - 03:14 PM
If you're like me and you haven't used it for a week then try using it and the last time you used it it had like full battery, it would be dead...
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Posted 22 September 2013 - 05:12 PM
Hard in that it's still broken from some phantom thing feld0 did about 3 weeks ago.It does. It's just hard to use.
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Posted 22 September 2013 - 07:02 PM
Mine is charging in the stand whenever I'm not playing
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Posted 23 September 2013 - 02:01 PM
you cannot over charge it, it will take as much power as it needs.
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