One of my relatives claims that returning a cordless phone (not cell phone) to the charging cradle after each use will wear down the charging contacts. Is this true? I can't find anything about this anywhere and can only assume it's wrong.
Yes, it's true, but you'd have to live till you were about 200 years old to witness it. More than likely they'll just get dirty from time to time.
People who leave cordless phones out of the cradle until they go flat are about as annoying as Paris Hilton.
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Your assumption would be pretty safe. Whatever tiny amount of wear occurs (and, technically, there is wear ANY time two surfaces rub together) in such a situation would be negligible to anyone not inspecting the contacts with a microscope.
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If the contacts get dirty, buff them with a pencil eraser.
Your relative is a strange one; isn't he?
some the contacts are only good 10000 cycles or so
and you'd be mostly right, lots of phones are using solid stainless steel or chrome plated contacts, and these basically last forever.
Bye. Jasen
The charging contacts are generaly a fairly heavy guage of metal to easily wear down. If your cordless phone is using a silver hydride or similiar type battery that has no memory problems as like the older Nicad batteries, there should be no problem. Most likely, you will wear out the phone before you wear out the contacts!
The average lifespan of chargeable batteries is about 3 to 4 years. Sometimes they last longer.
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