Some people say, well, it's true. I think?? That if you charge up your recharable batteries and then leave them in the draw for a month or two..... they will only have like 1/3 of there charge left. Meaning that they have lost power. Matter can't be destroyed, created, or just dissapear!!! So what does the power inside the battery turn into?? It can't just dissapear??? Help!. Created by Anonymous. consumer-electronics-en - other-electronics-en

Losing Power in Batteries? Rechargeable batteries?

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Losing Power in Batteries? Rechargeable batteries?

Some people say, well, it's true. I think?? That if you charge up your recharable batteries and then leave them in the draw for a month or two..... they will only have like 1/3 of there charge left. Meaning that they have lost power. Matter can't be destroyed, created, or just dissapear!!! So what does the power inside the battery turn into?? It can't just dissapear??? Help!

Consumer Electronics / Other - Electronics

Anonymous

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Any battery slowly self-discharges. The rate of this self-discharge varies by a large factor between types of batteries. A standard alkaline battery, non-rechargeable, has a shelf life of about 7 years. A NiCad battery will lose 10% of it's charge in the first 24 hours. It will then lose 10% of the remaining charge each month. A NiMH battery has a self-discharge rate of about 30% per month. Li-ion batteries lose about 5 to 10% per month.

The energy the batteries lose is slowly dissapated as heat. You won't notice the heat without taking careful measurements.

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The energy turns in to heat. The charge is slowly dissipated through the internal resistance of the battery, which the action generates heat. Alkaline batteries loose charge just like the rechargeable except it's a lot slower, that is why many of the batteries have an expiration date on them.