Is Bad To Charge My iPad 3 Every Day

No. It does not matter when you charge it. Apple recommends that once a month you let the battery run down all the way from 100% to calibrate the battery indicator.

It's always best to fully drain it before recharging. Apple recommends doing that once a month ATLEAST! Try to every time, but if you can't you can't.

Charging your iPad every day will not hurt the battery. Unlike older battery types, you don't need to wait for a lithium ion battery to drain completely before charging it. Charge it whenever you need to. I simply put mine on the charger at night when I go to bed then it's always ready to go the next day.

It doesn't make any real difference how you use or charge the battery just so long as the battery gets used and charged as it's needed.

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Laxman25 wrote:

It's always best to fully drain it before recharging. Apple recommends doing that once a month ATLEAST! Try to every time, but if you can't you can't.

Apple recommends doing that to calibrate the battery sensor. It has nothing to do with prolonging the life of the battery. There is absolutely no reason to do it every time.

Do a search for reducing battery dain on your iPad. You may have performed some of these tricks on your previous device. Also it isn't bad to charge as needed it. However, it is bad to over charge it. For instance you leave it charging all the time and never unplug it. If the device doesn't need to charge unplug it.

uselessSABOTAGE wrote:

However, it is bad to over charge it.

This cannot be done. Current does not continue flowing to the iPad after it reaches 100%.

Do you know actually how lithium batteries work? Every time you charge your device it is a charge cycle. No matter if it's 80% or 10%. It's a cycle. When the cycles climb the battery diminishes. Why not get the most for your cycle?

uselessSABOTAGE wrote:

For instance you leave it charging all the time and never unplug it. If the device doesn't need to charge unplug it.

Yes, batteries should be used, rather than left on a charger all the time. However, leaving it on the charger for longer than it takes to charge won't hurt the battery.

Absolutely no

I understand that apple has designed the battery to charge to 100% then deplete the battery slightly before applying current again. However like laxman25 said this causes wear on the battery.

Laxman25 wrote:

Do you know actually how lithium batteries work? Every time you charge your device it is a charge cycle. No matter if it's 80% or 10%. It's a cycle. When the cycles climb the battery diminishes. Why not get the most for your cycle?

No, a charge cycle is 100%. Charging it 80% is 80% of a charge cycle. Charging it 10% is 10% of a charge cycle. Yes. I know how lithium ion batteries work. So, apparently, does Apple:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1519

About Battery Cycles

A charge cycle means using all of the battery’s power, but that doesn’t necessarily mean a single charge. For instance, you could use your notebook for an hour or more one day, using half its power, and then recharge it fully. If you did the same thing the next day, it would count as one charge cycle, not two, so it may take several days to complete a cycle.

The point I'm making is over the life of the device unnecessary charging takes its toll. Maybe not in a day a week or a year but that one or two percent that is charged and recharged at "full" level will add up. All I am saying it unplug it when you're done.

I misread that. I apologize. Doesn't seem right when your always told to not stick you half charged batteries to charge. I always thought it was best for any battery to get it low before recharging. Guess it doesn't matter for your iPad. Thanks.

Laxman25 wrote:

I misread that. I apologize. Doesn't seem right when your always told to not stick you half charged batteries to charge. I always thought it was best for any battery to get it low before recharging. Guess it doesn't matter for your iPad. Thanks.

There is a lot of misconception and misunderstanding about rechargable batteries. And, most of us were trained, back in the NiCad battery days, to NEVER charge a battery until it was fully drained. Old habits are hard to break, sometimes.

Best of luck.