[ltp] battery woes

Arnd Hannemann linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sat, 15 Oct 2005 23:32:35 +0200


Hi Wolf,

Wolf Wiegand wrote:

>The site says that the battery has a capacity of 4000 mAh. Since my
>original battery has nothing written on it concerning the capacity, is
>4000 mAh ok? 
>
Try
cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT0/state

My original R40 battery has a design capacity of 57.600 Wh. This divided 
by the voltage 14.4 V leads to a capacity of exactly 4000 mAh, so the 
battery you mentioned should be allright.

Greetings Arnd