Thanks for your replies,
My question is really: does the battery self discharge at the same rate when it is being drawn from, or does the self discharge only happens when it is disconnected?
I am an electric engineer, and I read about battery self discharge phenomenon. I was wondering whether a battery self discharge rate is the same when it is unconnected (i.e. in storage) and connected (i.e. when it is plugged into a device and being discharged "normally"). In other words, when I...