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Add note about trying not to runn the Bangle battery flat
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# Charge Gently
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Charging Li-ion batteries to their full capacity has a significant impact on their lifespan. If possible, it is good practice to charge more often, but only to a certain lower capacity.
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Charging Li-ion batteries to their full capacity can lower their lifespan. If possible, it is good practice to charge more often, but only to 80% capacity.
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**Note:** continually running your Bangle.js battery flat will impact its life far more than charging it fully - only use this app if you're able to charge often enough that the Bangle.js battery isn't dropping below 20%.
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The first stage of charging Li-ion ends at ~80% capacity when the charge voltage reaches its peak*. When that happens, the watch will buzz twice every 30s to remind you to disconnect the watch.
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Side notes
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- Full capacity is reached after charge current drops to an insignificant level. This is quite some time after charge voltage reached its peak / `E.getBattery()` returns 100.
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- The battery is 175mAh and charging happens at 100mA, so a full charge from flat will take around 1.75 hours.
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- This app starts buzzing some time after `E.getBattery()` returns 100 (~15min on my watch), and at least 5min after the peak to account for noise.
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\* according to https://batteryuniversity.com/article/bu-409-charging-lithium-ion assuming similar characteristics and readouts from pin `D30` approximate charge voltage

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