Do batteries drain when plugged in?

[ScaredShooter]

Oh, and Shifty.. I once thought your crowd to be retarded and useless with their big-ass batteries. Owning the cramped internals of a Type 97 now kinda makes me want a full-stock gun with a fatty battery.

That said, today in Scappoose I used almost exclusively semi-auto, and used very little ammo/charge. But many of us use AEGs more like support guns. Since my other gun is a KWA (high ROF), that limitless pool of power would be handy sometimes.

Old thread where I bitched about big batteries.

That's off-topic though. I want to explain the witchcraft!

[pseudoanimosity]

That's off-topic though. I want to explain the witchcraft!

It's witchcraft. There is absolutely no logical reason that it should, it just will. The only way it will drain faster is if your wiring is shorted out.

It takes 1,000,000 volts to ionize air, and send a spark through it, last I checked batteries used for airsoft didn't put out that many volts.

[ScaredShooter]

AAAAAGGGHHHHHHHHHHHH IT'S THE DEVIL!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

['Skyhawk']

I am no electrician but I would think that by connecting the battery you charge the wiring with a tiny bit of juice. Also a connected battery is no longer a closed storage cell. It has a open line to discharge through.

That being said, I can't say Iv'e noticed battery drain from being plugged in during a day of airsoft. If your battery is draining while plugged in during a day of airsoft with light use, you need a bigger or better or new battery.

Why would you keep a battery in a gun when not playing anyway? And connected? That's just not safe.

[Hutch]

This happened to my I-pod... R.I.P

[ScaredShooter]

I am no electrician but I would think that by connecting the battery you charge the wiring with a tiny bit of juice. Also a connected battery is no longer a closed storage cell. It has a open line to discharge through.

That being said, I can't say Iv'e noticed battery drain from being plugged in during a day of airsoft. If your battery is draining while plugged in during a day of airsoft with light use, you need a bigger or better or new battery.

Why would you keep a battery in a gun when not playing anyway? And connected? That's just not safe.

Good points. The battery on my gun is a bit tricky to access. Not quite as hard as this guy makes it seem, but a little trickier than your average M4. This scenario tends to make me like plugging in my battery the night before games.

I'm a person who can't stand letting my gun be stored for any amount of time with the battery plugged in anyways, but I was also just curious about the witchcraft. You see, I’m not following how having the battery plugged into the non-operating gun puts any sort of charge through the circuitry. As myself and others have hypothesized, if the gun is not running and the battery is not shorted, how could there possibly be a closed, or electrically active circuit?

[Braddock]

Using an AEG in Semi will use more battery than in full auto. Its because of the way the AEG cycles in full as opposed to semi.

[ScaredShooter]

I understand that^.
My question is why having a gun stored with the battery plugged in supposedly drains the battery.

I didn't mean to have any discussion about why semi takes more juice than full, or a convo in regards to battery drain during a day of airsoft.

Didn't mean to sound like a tool, thanks for trying to explain something.

[pseudoanimosity]

I understand that^.
My question is why having a gun stored with the battery plugged in supposedly drains the battery.

If you WANT it to drain the battery, you could wire in a tiny light bulb that would suck up the juice while it's plugged in. Or just buy a MOFSET.

[ScaredShooter]

I don't want to drain the battery. I'm starting to get the sensation this thread has become a giant prank to fool with me and my foolishness

Thread so done! If anyone ever solves the mystery of battery witchcraft, PM me and I'll give you great pleasure! (Old Asian proverb)

['Skyhawk']

[quote="'Skyhawk'"] Also a connected battery is no longer a closed storage cell. It has a open line to discharge through.
quote]

It was not merely convo sax lover. I was speculating to the cause of the purported drainage which I personally have not experienced.

I speculate that some small drainage of battery could occur through the connector and wiring once connected, just from the trickle of current within the wiring. Probably a very small amount though.

[Braddock]

I leave my batteries plugged in my guns. but they are lipo and thats a different story.