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bolantej
3rd of July 2005 (Sun), 10:17
HAHAH. I forgot, and left my new NB2LH Sterlingtek battery sitting on the charger overnight. anyone know of anything that could go wrong? i was using the charger that came with the Rebel XT.
anttor
3rd of July 2005 (Sun), 11:22
nothing could go wrong. its fine to leave them in.
rent
3rd of July 2005 (Sun), 12:22
no worries, i do it all the time... -alex
bolantej
3rd of July 2005 (Sun), 13:04
sweet thanks. just wanted to hear what people thought.
gasrocks
3rd of July 2005 (Sun), 17:12
Most battery chargers say the bty are charged when they are 85-95% charged. By leaving them in the charger longer, they will get up to 100%.
cmosdos
5th of July 2005 (Tue), 07:49
I've left one in for about 24hrs one time. I believe it has an auto shut off because I noticed right away that the battery was not hot at all.
RogCincy
5th of July 2005 (Tue), 08:23
Most battery chargers say the bty are charged when they are 85-95% charged. By leaving them in the charger longer, they will get up to 100%.

I think the charger that comes with the 10D/20D says to leave it on the charger even when it says that it is at 100%. The charger should take it to 95% (or there about) and then trickle charge it to 100%.