Battery charges... dies overnight?

My battery dies on me at the gym everyday! I charge it at home and by the next day the battery indicator is already red. What's up? I do not get the 12 hours of runtime. Shuffle is about a month old and the second one I've had due to the last one being a dud.

Several possibilities:
A. When you think you're charging, you're really not. This is a distinct possibility on some Dell models, as discussed at length in these and other forums.
B. Your workouts at the gym are infusing it with a conductive saline solution and it's shorting internally.
C. You're fantastically lucky/unlucky and have gotten two dud Shuffles in a row.
If B, get a sports band.
If C, you're actually in luck as Apple will keep issuing them to you as long as you keep bringing them in. If the next one also dies then you might start to suspect something else is going on (A would be a candidate).
If A is suspected, you might see better results with a new USB2 board or with a powered USB hub.

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The battery used to last several days -- sometimes 4 or 5.
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Some INFO from power in about mac
It´s Danish hope you can understand the info
Batterioplysninger:
Modeloplysninger:
Serienummer:
Producent:          SMP
Enhedsnavn:          ASMB012
Pack Lot Code:          a0b0
PCB Lot Code:          c0f1
Firmware-version:          8800
Hardwarerevision:          0
Cellerevision:          0
Oplysninger om batterispænding:
Resterende kapacitet (mAh):          5200
Fuldt opladt:          Ja
Oplader:          Nej
Fuld ladekapacitet (mAh):          5200
Oplysninger om batteritilstand:
Antal cykler:          1
Betingelse:          Normal
Batteri installeret:          Ja
Strømstyrke (mA):          0
Spænding (mV):          11796
Energiindstillinger til system:
AC-strømforsyning:
Interval for vågeblus for system (minutter):          30
Interval for vågeblus for disk (minutter):          10
Interval for vågeblus for skærm (minutter):          10
Genstart automatisk efter strømafbrydelse:          Nej
Afbryd vågeblus ved ændret spændingskilde:          Nej
Afbryd vågeblus, når skærmen slås op:          Ja
Afbryd vågeblus via LAN:          Ja
Aktuel strømkilde:          Ja
Vågeblus dæmper lysstyrken:          Ja
PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep:          0
RestartAfterKernelPanic:          157680000
Batteri:
Interval for vågeblus for system (minutter):          10
Interval for vågeblus for disk (minutter):          10
Interval for vågeblus for skærm (minutter):          2
Afbryd vågeblus ved ændret spændingskilde:          Nej
Afbryd vågeblus, når skærmen slås op:          Ja
Vågeblus dæmper lysstyrken:          Ja
Formindsk lysstyrke:          Ja
RestartAfterKernelPanic:          157680000
Hardwarekonfiguration:
UPS installeret:          Nej
Oplysninger om oplader:
Tilsluttet:          Ja
Id:          0x0100
Watt (W):          85
Revision:          0x0000
Familie:          0x00ba
Serienummer:          0x004fe0c9
Oplader:          Nej

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