Barge away! On the 11th gen intel boards, the rechargeable RTC/CMOS battery only charges when the computer is plugged in. If it runs down enough times it no longer will take a charge, and the computer will need to be plugged in in order to boot, even if the main battery has a charge. In some cases the board can get into a state that requires a mainboard reset to resolve. For me, it was easy enough to set a charging limit and simply leave the machines plugged in at all times, therefore keeping the battery charged. I eventually replaced the RTC battery in each of the machines with the IC moduje that Framework offered - it did require soldering one wire to the main board.
More details here: RTC Battery Substitution on 11th Gen Intel® Core™ - Framework Guides and here: Rework Instructions for 11th Gen Mainboards to enable powering the RTC circuit from the main battery