Li-ion battery losing charge

[sudu]

will a fully charged li-ion digital camera battery lose its charge if it is not used for a while? if so how long does this take? i am going on a month long trip to bolivia next year and am taking my digital camera and will probably not be able to charge the battery for a few weeks so would need to take a spare.

[LeMarchand]

It might be worth looking into solar rechargers...

[fo3nix]

a few weeks? depending how often you're gonna use your camera, i'd take a couple. but depends how much you use it.

if its being used every couple of days or so or once a week or so it'll be fine. but take a spare or two just in case you end up taking lots of pictures!

same goes with memory cards of course; make sure you have plenty of room.

[commoner]

...unless you are going to some remote region away from power supplies then you should be able to recharge your batteries ok. The supply is 230V at 50hz and although the plugs might differ, there should be little problem in finding a suitable adapter...this useful link should help......commoner.

http://users.pandora.be/worldstandards/electricity.htm

[qapmoc]

To actually answer your question, The Spare Li-ion batteries you take will lose virtually no charge if not put into the camera, provided they were in good condition to start with, ie not the old knackered ones which you stopped using because they needed re-charging all the time!

[lebesset]

I have a nice new battery pack for my laptop ; after a couple of uses , I charged it fully and put it in a nice cool dry place
after 5 weeks it had lost 10% of it's charge

[sudu]

sorry, that question wasnt particulary clear. i will be going on treks and doing projects in rural areas where i won't be able to charge my battery. this period could be anything up to 2 weeks. as im on budget i dont know if the hostels i'll saty in will have power so these periods may even be longer. thanx for your answers though.