[ltp] battery

[McCoy, Brig C.]

I haven't seen anything suggesting that you'd have trouble with letting a 
newer generation battery drain fully.

...brig

At 03:04 PM 6/28/02 -0400, Tony Willoughby wrote:
 >I have no idea if I have an "old" battery  or not (I bought the machine
 >refurbished).  It sounds like if I always allow the battery to fully
 >drain I'll be okay (i.e. new batteries don't have a problem with being
 >fully drained even though there is no need for it).
 >
 >Yes?
 >
 >
 >On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 14:58, McCoy, Brig C. wrote:
 >> These are actually generic suggestions which should be okay for nearly all
 >> older batteries... newer batteries don't have as much of a problem with
 >> 'charge memory' as the older ones... if you didn't fully discharge the
 >> older batteries, they'd get messed up and gradually not take as much 
charge
 >> over time.
 >>
 >> ...brig
 >>
 >> At 02:45 PM 6/28/02 -0400, Tony Willoughby wrote:
 >>  >Are these proper procedures for any Thinkpad, or are they specific to
 >>  >the 600?  I have an 390E.
 >>  >
 >>  >> Yup thats exactly what you need the 600 is very good at killing 
batteries
 >>  >> particularly if you use them plugged in all the time....
 >>  >>
 >>  >> Some tips (to late now) for prolonging the life of it.... Remove 
battery
 >>  >> when it has been charged....
 >>  >>
 >>  >> If its going to be unused for a while, keep battery in a discharged
 >state.
 >>  >>
 >>  >> When using the battery run it down fully before charging it back up
 >>  >> again... Ie don't plug is as soon as you get access to a power 
socket...
 >>  >> wait till its almost dead...
 >>
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