[ltp] Battery management

[Winsley von Spee]

Detecting the current state of a battery is very tricky. Even with good
measurement it is not possible to get a 100% answer ... A battery
charger normally pursues the current resistor and the temperature over
the time. For example if you charge the battery for about 2 hours and in
the last 5 minutes the temperature raises for about 20% and before just
for 5% then it is an symptom of a full battery ... same for resistor ...
so it could happen very easily that the state that acpi reports is not
very accurate. 

Greetz

Am Freitag, den 04.02.2005, 11:39 -0600 schrieb Alejandro Bonilla:
> Correct. I use the PC daily for more than 9 hours. I do that every day 
> or two... I also try to not leave the power connected when it's at 100% 
> overnight.
> 
> look for an IBM util or something in their website.
> 
> BIOS Updates also have fixes for battery issues.
> 
> Ignacio Fernández Galván wrote:
> 
> > On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 11:07:42 -0600, Alejandro Bonilla  
> > <abonilla@linuxwireless.org> wrote:
> >
> >> Keep fluent the usage of that battery, even if you don't use it.
> >
> >
> > Do you mean I should give it a full discharge-and-charge cycle every 
> > now  and then?
>