[ltp] [ltp]Questtion about battery

[Timothy Murphy]

On Wednesday 28 May 2008 07:09:46 am Dmitry E. Mikhailov wrote:

> I use the same settings too. Helps to conserve battery. And they're not
> saved == lost if laptop is (turned off) and (lost it's AC power).
>
> Fedora tip: add to your /etc/rc.local
> echo -n 40 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/start_charge_thresh
> echo -n 70 > /sys/devices/platform/smapi/BAT0/stop_charge_thresh

Sorry to be a skeptic, but is there any evidence that this
actually increases battery life?

I would have thought that if this was so
then battery/laptop manufacturers would have included this
as part of the standard operating system?



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