[ltp] Re: battery and capacity loss

[Riccardo Paterna]

> I have the same X60.
>
> There are two major points here:
> 1. The newer Lenovo standard batteries they ship with their devices are
> really bad. They loose more capacity than the replacement bateries you
> will buy after your's is defect. Great, isn't it?
>
> 2. The default charging threshold of the X60 SMAPI is something like
> 99%, i.e. whenever you disconnect your laptop from AC and reconnect it
> it will start a charge cycle. This *will* kill your capacity rapidly.
> Set this to something like 90% or 85% using tp_smapi. This should at
> least double your battery life-time. Additionally take care not to fully
> discharge your battery. If you can, recharge at about 25% to 30%.

Nils your suggestions is very good i disconnect and reconnect my laptop
to ac often ...
Now lenovo send me a new battery, can you tell me how to set the
threashold so the new battery will have  a good life-time

Thanks a lots

Cheers
Riccardo