[ltp] Laptop battery storage

[Gilson Laurent]

Hello,

> If you're not running your laptop on battery power, it's a good idea to
> remove the battery and store it. That prolongs its life. It's recommende
> that they be stored at about 50% charge (Why? I don't know.)>

The recommandation of storing at 50-75% charge is dune to the internal
chemlicals. At that charge the most "stable" situation is maintained.

> Why? Because those wonderful "smart" LiON batteries only have a limited
> number of charge cycles, something in the range of 200 - 300 or so.

I guess you think about Dell. Dell has limited the cycles because their
batteries keep exploding after XY-cycles. I have never seen that on a
thinkpad.

cu

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