Laptop batteries
Wade Smart
wade at wadesmart.com
Sat Jan 7 14:40:00 UTC 2006
01072006 0838 GMT-5
My aunts new Compaq says to remove the battery if your not going to ever
unplug it. My new ThinkPad says to allow the battery to run down to 10%
or less before recharging, because it will ruin the battery. It also
says if the battery doesnt ever run down, it wont recharge after some time.
Wade
Phil Cooper wrote:
> Hi;
>
> This is probably more of a hardware question than an Ubuntu one, but
> you guys seem to know your stuff! I have a HP laptop running Ubuntu,
> and it never goes any where - it's my main "desktop" machine and it
> stays plugged in at least 80%+ of the time. My question is, would it
> be better for the battery if I removed it altogether, or does it
> being sat in the laptop with power not adversely affect it?
>
> - Phil C.
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