Laptop batteries

[MrKnisely]

Christoph Bier wrote:

>Phil Cooper schrieb am 06.01.2006 22:26:
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>>Hi;
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>>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?
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>Heat decreases lifetime of the battery. That's why I always remove
>the battery of my laptop when it's on AC (it's very easy with my
>laptop).
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>Best,
>   Christoph
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I agree with Christoph.

Mike K.