Always swore by charging overnight until my kid's school project got wiped

I used to just plug my laptop in before bed and let it charge all night, never even thought about it. Then my daughter had a big project due on a Dell Inspiron and the battery swelled up so bad it popped the trackpad out. Took me 6 hours to realize you're not supposed to leave lithium batteries plugged in for 8 plus hours straight. Battery life went from 4 hours to barely 20 minutes after that. Anyone else wreck a battery doing this?

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robertb303mo ago

Did you check if the battery was a cheap replacement or the original Dell one? Those knockoff batteries swell way faster from overcharging.

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the_beth3mo ago

Actually, even OEM Dell batteries can swell too. It's a known issue with certain models from the XPS and Latitude lines, not just cheap ones.

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