Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 20:43:33 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> To: Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fighting for the power. Message-ID: <20090512104333.GD41857@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> In-Reply-To: <20090511203825.BDC351CC0B@ptavv.es.net> References: <200905120021.23223.ivakras1@gmail.com> <20090511203825.BDC351CC0B@ptavv.es.net>
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--kvUQC+jR9YzypDnK Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 2009-May-11 13:38:25 -0700, Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> wrote: >LI-Ion batteries will deteriorate if not fully discharged periodically >and even more if almost always on AC power and fully charged. Li-ION batteries deterioriate under virtually any conditions. My reading suggests storing them partially charged in a fridge is best. >charge point. "Full discharge" means disabling automatic suspend on low >battery in power management and letting them run down as far as >possible. A friend & I both have HP nx6125 laptops. We have both accidently run our batteries to cutoff on a number of occasions and every time we do, acpiconf reports the battery capacity drops by about 5%. --=20 Peter Jeremy --kvUQC+jR9YzypDnK Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkoJUtUACgkQ/opHv/APuIeX6wCeKcpPyKJR77N6uY1vq73Hts8E pA0AnjoOlG8V32Era/Ccta7sQY7BwthA =Mx7K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --kvUQC+jR9YzypDnK--
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