I'm no expert here, but from what I can tell by reading the last week's posts,
FULL DRAINS ARE BAD FOR LI-ION I'd say that's your main problem, and since you're now draining it to 4%, it sounds like your battery might start degrading more rapidly. (I have no idea about the truth of that latter statement) If your laptop has a bay that can fit a second battery, that might be a really wise choice - draining two batteries to 50% rather than draining one to 5% would probably preserve the lives of both. Or if you can buy a NiMH battery for your laptop, from what I can tell that type of battery would be much better suited for the type of strain you're putting on it. If you're riding in a carpool or something of the sort, maybe you could buy a car adapter? But from the sounds of it I'm thinking you're riding public transportation, like a subway or a bus. As far as an 8-hour work day goes, keeping the battery in there for that amount of time probably isn't going to have major effects; what's really hurting your battery is those full drains. -David At 02:43 AM 2/13/03, Ross Burton wrote: >On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 07:15, Joe Wreschnig wrote: >> - Don't leave it in the laptop while it's in mains power. > >My LiIon battery gets heavy use. Twice a day (on the way to work, and >back again) I use it for 1.5 hours, typically compiling code. I used to >go from 100% to 25%, but now I just make it to work before its down to >4% and about to suspend. > >I then get to work, and plug it into the mains all day. Are you >suggesting that when I put my laptop into the mains, once the battery >has changed I should remove it from my laptop? > >Ross >-- >Ross Burton mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www: http://www.burtonini.com./ > PGP Fingerprint: 1A21 F5B0 D8D0 CFE3 81D4 E25A 2D09 E447 D0B4 33DF
