Does the light stay on all the time, or go off after your phone or tablet is fully charged? I am looking for a charger/night light for travel.
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If I remember correctly, it stays on. I had to return my first one as the top port did not charge but the second port did. Have not received it yet.
1977116
The device won't turn on if it is plugged into the charger. Also, the light stays on as long as the charger is plugged into the device and the wall plug. Guess the former is sort of a safety feature, to make sure people don't use the device while it is connected to the charger.
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The unit will stay on for a short period of time after fully charge, but should go off completely till darkness arrives.make sure the solar panel is not in the shade or a shadow that make it come on thinking it in the dark of night. If this keep doing that, try to reset it again, turn it off and on again and this should do the job. If it keep acting up, it might be defected.
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I use mine while it is charging. Never left it on all night, but have used it while plugged in.
609671
It stays on whole time at 50% reduced brightness through out night time and when motion detected it brighten to full 100% brightness. It stays completely turned off during day time. It's all automatic. So far, it works pretty good past one & half month in use.
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I do not think the light was designed to be left on continuously. I have mine set for one minute on when the motion control activates it. I think this setting is adjustable. Even though it is powered by solar batteries, I would think that a couple of hours would be the max on time for a full charge. It was designed as a security light to come on for a short time when triggered. If you need continuous light, a hard-wired device is your best bet.
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Thank you for contacting Battery World. When charging via USB or via Sunlight, you should keep the Charger's Switch in the OFF position. If you were to keep it ON you would be draining the charger of any power that it has stored up. When charging a mobile/digital device is when you would turn the switch to the ON position.
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Well I honestly charge mines all night long and the next day its ready to be used ....but I think the longer you charged it it will stay charged regardless of if the light is on , one time I left it on the charger for days and it stayed charged for a long time
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I use it for my cell and tablet and it stays charged for about 3 days to a week depending on use. As for keeping it plugged in, i would for safety just charge it and turn it off. If its not in use, it turns off to not burn the battery out. It is well worth the money. Mine has paid for itself more then once
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Hi Maggie The light does stay on, but as far as I can tell it does not use much battery. hope this helps. Sue
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Getting the same issue on mine. Red light never goes off while charging (overnight), and then won't ever turn on using the power button. I've used this model of a friend's, so I know how they work. But these are simply broken, as near as I can tell.
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No, charging light stays on all the time. I leave it plugged in all the time and have used it till it is completely dead. It doesn't seem to have lost any time per charge yet. So far the only draw back I have with it is that there is no wall mount for it.
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The charging light does go off when it is "fully charged" so I assume it enters some kind of non charging status.
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The light does turn off when charging is complete-- I just tested mine and it went from Amber to off to indicate it's charging state.
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I generally leave mine on overnight, but I know it doesn't need that much time. Never had one go completely dead, so don't know about that. When I observe it running really slow, I put it on the charger when done using it at that time. I find mine (and I've owned about 5 or 6 of them) usually run about a month on a charge.
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Yes, I have. I mainly use it for my phone and I've noticed that it shuts off automatically and stops charging. Despite having (presumably) charged all night. I'm getting ready to return it.
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I believe the instruction say the light should not be operating during the charging cycle (USB cable plugged in). I remove the light from the mounting bracket when I get home and charge it in my house during the evening, that way it is fresh for the next day. I use the light on my commute about 30 minutes a day on the way home at night. I usually charge it up after 3 uses, but I suspect I could go longer.