When to charge HBH-35 handset

Hi

I have the HBH-35 handset. I was told to only charge it when the light
flashes red. The light on mine started flashing red after about 3 weeks.
Would it hurt it to charge it more often like once a week?

Thanks

Peter Mount
[email protected]

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Peter Mount <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have the HBH-35 handset. I was told to only charge it when the
> light flashes red. The light on mine started flashing red after
> about 3 weeks. Would it hurt it to charge it more often like
> once a week?

HBH-35 has NiMH cells. Common wisdom has it that earlier charging
does not harm them, as long as you run a complete decharge/charge
cycle once in a while. I however, prefer to charge only when it's
empty.

The battery indicator, however, is completely useless: It shows
"full" for 5 minutes, "low" 2 minutes before starting to blink
red, while "medium" is what it indicates the remaining 99.99
percent of the time.

M.

Peter Mount <[email protected]> wrote:

> I have the HBH-35 handset. I was told to only charge it when the
> light flashes red. The light on mine started flashing red after
> about 3 weeks. Would it hurt it to charge it more often like
> once a week?

HBH-35 is a headset, not a handset - if we are talking about the
same gadget.

HBH-35 has NiMH cells. Common wisdom has it that earlier charging
does not harm them, as long as you run a complete decharge/charge
cycle once in a while. I however, prefer to charge only when it's
empty.

The battery indicator, however, is completely useless: It shows
"full" for 5 minutes, "low" 2 minutes before starting to blink
red, while "medium" is what it indicates the remaining 99.99
percent of the time.

M.

No, it does not hurt at all.
What does hurt the batteries is having the HBH-35 deep discharged for a long
time, so fully empty for several weeks.
Avoid that and you will enjoy your headset for several years.
Bernd

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Hi

I have the HBH-35 handset. I was told to only charge it when the light
flashes red. The light on mine started flashing red after about 3 weeks.
Would it hurt it to charge it more often like once a week?

Thanks

Peter Mount
[email protected]

Peter Mount schrieb:
> I have the HBH-35 handset. I was told to only charge it when the light
> flashes red. The light on mine started flashing red after about 3 weeks.
> Would it hurt it to charge it more often like once a week?

Mine was dead after ap. 2 years. I used it a lot.
After that I bought a HBH-660 and now I am really happy with it but I
hope it will survive longer.

Ciao...
Hannes