On 7 May, this message from Michael Schmitz echoed through cyberspace: >> I repeated another deep discharge yesterday, and I'm up from 1574 to >> 1866 :-)) > > That seems to work to some degree. > >> We'll see how long that game can go on before the batteris are >> terminally dead ... > > Caution: last time I did that on the new battery pack, it reduced > max_charge somewhat.
Yes, every battery documentation says to _not_ deep discharge batteries if you want to get good battery life. I wouldn't risk doing that with new batteries. But if I can make old batteries last for longer at a time, even if it means less cycles overall, tat that's OK with me... Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "
