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Originally Posted by GrimJack
coming from personal experience keeping a laptop plugged in all the time will destroy the battery I cannot answer for PS3 controllers but it is probably not the best idea
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As I said, this is extremely unlikely. More so for a laptop accu, which has multiple cells that are definetely managed by an electronic.
However, lithium-ion accus age fastest if they get exposed to heat while being fully charged. If you constantly have your laptop cable plugged in, your accu is always fully charged. If you use the laptop in this state, it will heat up the accu and make it age.
So if you use the laptop as a desktop all the time, with the cable plugged in, you should take out the accu. But not because of charging, but to get it away from the heat. If you do this, it is a good idea to get the accu down to half charged before removing it for a longer time. That way it will age even less.
This however is not a problem with controller-accus. They don't heat up like a laptop does.
Things that make lithium-ion age:
heat > intensity of current drawn >> recharge cycles > level of charge
the last 2 may be in reverse order, but really the first 2 are the major causes