[ltp] Battery management

[sam]

Winsley von Spee wrote:

>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:
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>>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.
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>>look for an IBM util or something in their website.
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>>BIOS Updates also have fixes for battery issues.
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>>Ignacio Fernández Galván wrote:
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>>>On Fri, 04 Feb 2005 11:07:42 -0600, Alejandro Bonilla  
>>><abonilla@linuxwireless.org> wrote:
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>>>>Keep fluent the usage of that battery, even if you don't use it.
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>>>Do you mean I should give it a full discharge-and-charge cycle every 
>>>now  and then?
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Here's an interesting article that you might like to read:

http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm