  We model the quasicircular inspiral of a compact object into a more massive
charged black hole. Extreme and intermediate mass-ratio inspirals are
considered through a small mass-ratio approximation.
Reissner-Nordstr$\ddot{\text{o}}$m spacetime is used to describe the charged
black hole. The effect of radiation reaction on the smaller body is quantified
through calculation of electromagnetic and gravitational energy fluxes via
solution of Einstein's and Maxwell's equations. Inspiral trajectories are
determined by matching the orbital energy decay rate to the rate of radiative
energy dissipation. We observe that inspirals into a charged black hole evolve
more rapidly than comparable inspirals into a neutral black hole. Through
analysis of a variety of inspiral configurations, we conclude that electric
charge is an important effect concerning gravitational wave observations when
the charge exceeds the threshold $|Q|/M \gtrsim 0.071 \sqrt{\epsilon}$, where
$\epsilon$ is the mass ratio.
