I bought an inexpensive GE cordless phone 5.8ghz, model 25839. It has a
nickel cadmium battery pack.

The instructions say it should be charged for 12 hours prior to first use,
but say nothing whatsoever about whether or not it's recommended to leave
the phone in the base when not in use.

Do you recommend leaving it in the base all the time or should I only put it
in the base to recharge after a low battery warning happens?

Thanks,

J.

"jaynews" wrote in message
news:FfPaf.50$PZ6.22@trndny07...
I bought an inexpensive GE cordless phone 5.8ghz, model 25839. It has a
nickel cadmium battery pack.

The instructions say it should be charged for 12 hours prior to first use,
but say nothing whatsoever about whether or not it's recommended to leave
the phone in the base when not in use.

Do you recommend leaving it in the base all the time or should I only put
it in the base to recharge after a low battery warning happens?

Thanks,


Yes, it's OK, the manufacturers expect users will leave the unit on charge.

If you want to prolong the life of the NiCads you can allow the phone to run
down every couple of months, but given the very low cost of rechargeables
these days, even proprietry packs, I wouldn't give it a second thought. My
DECT cordless phone stays on charge 24/7 and the batteries are still going
strong after about three years.

Dave

"jaynews" bravely wrote to "All" (04 Nov 05 20:11:17)
--- on the heady topic of "OK to Leave cordless phone in base all the time?"

ja From: "jaynews"
ja Xref: core-easynews sci.electronics.repair:347567

ja I bought an inexpensive GE cordless phone 5.8ghz, model 25839. It has
ja a nickel cadmium battery pack.

ja The instructions say it should be charged for 12 hours prior to first
ja use, but say nothing whatsoever about whether or not it's recommended
ja to leave the phone in the base when not in use.

ja Do you recommend leaving it in the base all the time or should I only
ja put it in the base to recharge after a low battery warning happens?

ja Thanks,

ja J.


You can prolong battery life. For example one thing I do is to feel
the back of the handset with the back of my hand. If it feels warm I
lift the phone and leave it aside. When it beeps because of a low
battery I put it back on the base unit. It is not too critical.

A*s*i*m*o*v

.... No electrons were harmed in the posting of this message.

jaynews wrote:

I bought an inexpensive GE cordless phone 5.8ghz, model 25839. It has a
nickel cadmium battery pack.

The instructions say it should be charged for 12 hours prior to first use,
but say nothing whatsoever about whether or not it's recommended to leave
the phone in the base when not in use.

Do you recommend leaving it in the base all the time or should I only put
it in the base to recharge after a low battery warning happens?

Thanks,

J.

I think that NiCd batteries are more resistant to trickle charging than
NiMH. So if it uses NiCd then don't worry about it.

Chris