On Jan 12, 2011, at 4:28 AM, Charles Lenington wrote: > On 1/11/11 10:25 PM, Jeffrey & Daile Engle wrote: >> Just the CPU, I don't use power strips. I use UPS units.... that said, I >> didn't ask for an economical place to buy batteries so that I could replace >> them in my own machines, but "others":-) Jeff >> On Jan 11, 2011, at 8:16 PM, Charles Lenington wrote: >> >>> Do you turn off power strips or just the cpu? >>> The battery will run down faster if cpu removed from wall power. >> > Just trying to determine why they don't last long. Oops, that was for John, > he was saying they don't last long. Thought I changed address. > Well 5 years is long enough, however I shy away from the used batteries on the PowerBooks because some of the models are harder to replace. I had 14 Macs"Quadra 605" in my class and we barely got 3 years out of the PRAM batteries a real PITA when each morning we had to set the date and time along with all the other preferences because each night the power box was turned off to save energy??
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