[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