> Does draining the battery and charging it back up help with the battery > life? > > Sam NOT really. Here is the basic fact: these batteries have a finite number of charge-discharge cycles. Probably 500 or maybe a bit less. Once you start approaching that number the battery becomes less and less efficient. Also age is a determinant. A battery might not have been used that many cycles, but with age will also start to fail. *Ursus*