Can I Play my iPod while AC adapter plugged in?

Can I play my iPod through a stereo while the iPod is plugged in through the AC adapter? Will this harm the battery? To do this seems more convenient than plugging it in to charge and then unplugging it to play.

yes you can, it will not harm the battery
be careful when connecting the ipod to the stereo, the ipod charger has no earth connection so the ipod floats at mains voltage due to leakage/coupling through the charger (in the uk my ipod had about 350 volts peak to peak on it when measured with a dso, exactly what you'd expect for 240 volts ac mains, in the usa it'd be about 150v pk-pk) the current is too low to hurt a person, but a stereo will be driven into saturation by this sort of thing on its input
so connecting a mains-charging ipod to a stereo with the volume up could produce a very loud bang, with a high power system it might be enough to cause damage to the speakers
the way to do it is:
stereo volume at zero
connect the ipod which is already connected to the charger which is already connected to the ac mains
start the ipod, then increase the stereo volume

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