From: Steven Ritchie (SRitchie_at_RetroStudios.com)
Date: Tue Feb 27 2001 - 12:27:36 EST
On a similar note, does it hurt to leave the thinkpad plugged in all the
time? Nothing in the documentation says anything about battery care as far
as I remember.
Steve
-----Original Message-----
From: Mitchell Leben [mailto:mitch_at_leben.com]
Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 11:50 PM
To: Bruce Markowitz
Cc: Thinkpad Mailing List; STeve Andre'
Subject: Re: What would you do? (T20 Battery Use)
Bruce, do you think a charge from 80% to full counts as a cycle?
I notice that I can unplug for a few minutes (to 95%) and the battery will
not start to charge when I plug it in. Surely IBM did this to avoid too
many short charges?
On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Bruce Markowitz wrote:
> Uh Oh, I disagree
> Li-Ion batts seem to have a finite number of charge cycles, I suspect you
> are better off just plugging it in when possible, using it off battery
when
> needed. I don't think there are any memory effects to be concerned about.
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