From owner-freebsd-acpi@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 12 10:43:44 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23A8C1065670 for ; Tue, 12 May 2009 10:43:44 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from mail18.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail18.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.199]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A9D608FC14 for ; Tue, 12 May 2009 10:43:43 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from peterjeremy@optushome.com.au) Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (c122-106-216-167.belrs3.nsw.optusnet.com.au [122.106.216.167]) by mail18.syd.optusnet.com.au (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id n4CAhZbI009199 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Tue, 12 May 2009 20:43:36 +1000 X-Bogosity: Ham, spamicity=0.000000 Received: from server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (localhost.vk2pj.dyndns.org [127.0.0.1]) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n4CAhY5t042811; Tue, 12 May 2009 20:43:34 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org) Received: (from peter@localhost) by server.vk2pj.dyndns.org (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n4CAhYCH042810; Tue, 12 May 2009 20:43:34 +1000 (EST) (envelope-from peter) Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 20:43:33 +1000 From: Peter Jeremy To: Kevin Oberman Message-ID: <20090512104333.GD41857@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <200905120021.23223.ivakras1@gmail.com> <20090511203825.BDC351CC0B@ptavv.es.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="kvUQC+jR9YzypDnK" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20090511203825.BDC351CC0B@ptavv.es.net> X-PGP-Key: http://members.optusnet.com.au/peterjeremy/pubkey.asc User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.19 (2009-01-05) Cc: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Fighting for the power. X-BeenThere: freebsd-acpi@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: ACPI and power management development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 12 May 2009 10:43:44 -0000 --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 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--