[ltp] OT - battery question

[Erin G]

This is a good (and often quoted) reference for Li-ion battery care from 
someone on the thinkpads.com group:

http://www.buchmann.ca/Chap10-page6.asp

Erin


>From: Gerald Timothy Quimpo <gquimpo@sni.ph>
>Reply-To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
>To: linux-thinkpad@www.bm-soft.com
>Subject: [ltp] OT - battery question
>Date: 06 Jul 2002 01:38:39 -0400
>
>hello all,
>
>I'm sorry for the non-linux question.  I've done some googling
>though and haven't found anything.  i think i'm not forming the
>right question.
>
>I've got two batteries for my thinkpad.  one is a spare, just
>for long trips.  I'd prefer to not have the spare charged at all
>when it's not in use (at the cost of a few hours charging the
>night before a trip).  but a laptop repair specialist told me
>that it's a bad thing to keep a laptop battery uncharged, even if
>it's just sitting there doing nothing (e.g., no way for there to
>be contact between the poles, so no way to short the battery or
>anything like that).
>
>so i don't see how leaving a battery "empty" is a bad thing.  on
>the other hand, i assume he knew what he was talking about.
>
>so my question to the list is, what is the best way to maximize battery
>life for a spare battery?  keep it charged all the time (so it's
>charged while in storage, perhaps for months)?  or keep it uncharged
>and just charge it before use, and then completely discharge it
>before putting it back in storage?
>
>thanks for any input.
>
>tiger
>
>--
>Gerald Timothy Quimpo  tiger*quimpo*org gquimpo*sni*ph tiger*sni*ph
>
>       The more you complain, the longer God lets you live.
>
>
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