On Fri, 12 Dec 2008 12:12:47 -0200 "Ismael Scalcon" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Well, both my EEE Pc and my girlfriend's Aspire 4520 stop charging the > battery when 100% (the battery charging light turn off and the OS > energy manager just says "Using AC" instead of "Charging". Both in my > EEE Pc Debian and My girlfriends Aspire Windows XP. > 100% is too much for normal work, the battery has a better lifespan if you limit it to 90% or so, but AFAIK this is only possible with (possibly newer) thinkpads. > 2008/12/12 Michael Shuler <[email protected]>: > > On 12/12/2008 05:58 AM, tyler wrote: > >> Micha Feigin <[email protected]> writes: > >> > >>> Not completely, what newer batteries hate is heat, over and under > >>> charging. If it's always plugged in it may kill the battery rather > >>> quickly. What I have on my current thinkpad is the ability to stop > >>> charging before 100% and that can add quite a bit of like to the > >>> battery. > >> > >> How do you do this? I've got a thinkpad R60, and I've been plugging it > >> in when it runs low, then (when I remember), unplugging it when it > >> reaches full charge. Is there some way to automate this? I know the > >> Windows partition has some configuration options, but I don't know how > >> to do this under Debian. > > > > Been using settings for charge control from here for a year or so: > > http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Tp_smapi#Battery_charge_control_features > > > > -- > > Kind Regards, > > Michael Shuler > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > > [email protected] > > > > > > -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
