From: Jonathan Berry (jberry_at_islandnet.com)
Date: Tue Nov 20 2001 - 17:48:50 EST
A distinction needs to be made between the various battery
types:
NiCd
NiMH
Li-Ion
and then for each type there are varying levels of smarts. For
example, the Sony InfoLithium may happily tolerate treatment
that their predecessors could not. For example, the 701C
batteries (both the Cd and MH) supposedly had smarts inside
the battery that made earlier treatment methods obsolete.
For instance, completely discharging a 701C battery would
shorten its maximum charge by about 2 minutes.
Incidentally, following up a separate discussion, the 701C
battery would often go linearly from 100% to say 38%, but then
to 0% in a couple of seconds. This is a problem that IBM has
had for many years, over many different battery technologies.
Personally, I do nothing to condition my batteries and run from
AC whenever possible. It's the line of least resistance.
YMMV.
-- cheers Jonathan Berry http://www.islandnet.com/~jberry/ to know more than you want
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