Should i leave my batteries on Charge?

[Martin Sinclair]

Hi there, i have just got a 24v Bosch drill from screwfix which came with 2 batteries Model number (Bosch PSB24VE2 Combi Drill 24V)

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I will not be a heavy user of the drill, maybe only once every 2 weeks or so.

Regarding the second battry, should i leave it in the discharged state or should i altenate between using this and the first battery. I am not likely to be using the drill all day long so will never require 2 fully charged batteries for 1 particular days work.

The manual says always leave a fully charged Batt in the drill (so over time if not plugged into trickyl charge it will drain) so having a bit of a dilema now.

What sort of period of time should i expect the batt to loose its charge totally after fully charged if left without charging it up?

Should i completely run down the batt before a re-charge (to prevent the batts memory effect)

Cheers in advance ( i know i asked a lot fo questions for my 1st post )

M

[Midge]

Hi Martin - the manual should really give you advice on how to look after the batteries but failing that, you might want to have a read of this resource I bookmarked a couple of years back.

Regards, Midge.

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