Re: [701] Battery: What's that chip doing inside there?

From: Edwin A Camin (camin_at_ed-camin.com)
Date: Fri Mar 23 2001 - 12:38:15 EST

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It may not be a counter at all. It may shut down when the batteries
internal resistance (with age) reaches a certain threshold. The batteries
may be marginally good but heading south.

Ed

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Ross" <ross_at_math.hawaii.edu>
To: <thinkpad_at_cs.utk.edu>; "Tim Ikeda" <tikeda_at_sprintmail.com>
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 12:10 AM
Subject: Re: [701] Battery: What's that chip doing inside there?

> From: "Tim Ikeda" <tikeda_at_sprintmail.com>
>
> [ great post about battery identification technology omitted ]
>
> Posts like this are why I love this list!
>
> In addition to what Tim said, it is hard to imagine any benefit to a
company
> to put an artificial "number of charges"
> limiter on a battery, since the chemistry is already so limiting.
>
> - David R.
>

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