Re: laptop battery cycling

2012-05-28 Thread steef
acpi -b (?) reg., steef Doug wrote: On 05/27/2012 09:57 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 28/05/12 11:37, Robert Holtzman wrote: For the record, I'm running a Lenovo T420i with a 6 cell battery. In the past I've been told that it's bad practice to run a laptop on AC with the battery

Re: laptop battery cycling

2012-05-28 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-05-28 at 07:10 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Mon, 2012-05-28 at 00:01 -0400, Doug wrote: On 05/27/2012 09:57 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 28/05/12 11:37, Robert Holtzman wrote: For the record, I'm running a Lenovo T420i with a 6 cell battery. In the past I've been told

Re: laptop battery cycling

2012-05-28 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/05/12 14:01, Doug wrote: On 05/27/2012 09:57 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 28/05/12 11:37, Robert Holtzman wrote: For the record, I'm running a Lenovo T420i with a 6 cell battery. In the past I've been told that it's bad practice to run a laptop on AC with the battery installed because

Re: laptop battery cycling

2012-05-28 Thread green
Robert Holtzman wrote at 2012-05-27 20:37 -0500: how many cycles is a battery like mine good for? If your laptop supports SMAPI, *use it*. In my opinion, it *really* helps increase the lifespan of the battery. It is unfortunate that more devices do not support SMAPI or an equivalent. My

Re: laptop battery cycling

2012-05-28 Thread CamaleĆ³n
On Sun, 27 May 2012 18:37:49 -0700, Robert Holtzman wrote: For the record, I'm running a Lenovo T420i with a 6 cell battery. In the past I've been told that it's bad practice to run a laptop on AC with the battery installed because it would cause reduced battery capacity. This raises two

Re: laptop battery cycling

2012-05-28 Thread Chris Knadle
On Sunday, May 27, 2012 21:37:49, Robert Holtzman wrote: For the record, I'm running a Lenovo T420i with a 6 cell battery. In the past I've been told that it's bad practice to run a laptop on AC with the battery installed because it would cause reduced battery capacity. That's correct most

Re: laptop battery cycling

2012-05-28 Thread Arnt Karlsen
On Mon, 28 May 2012 08:16:53 +0200, steef wrote in message 4fc31855.9080...@home.nl: acpi -b (?) ..I raise you i: arnt@celsius:/tmp$ acpi -bi Battery 0: Unknown, 91% Battery 0: design capacity 5200 mAh, last full capacity 5200 mAh = 100% arnt@celsius:/tmp$ ..acpi -V and acpi -h are also

laptop battery cycling

2012-05-27 Thread Robert Holtzman
For the record, I'm running a Lenovo T420i with a 6 cell battery. In the past I've been told that it's bad practice to run a laptop on AC with the battery installed because it would cause reduced battery capacity. This raises two questions. First, is it true that laptop batteries don't have

Re: laptop battery cycling

2012-05-27 Thread Scott Ferguson
On 28/05/12 11:37, Robert Holtzman wrote: For the record, I'm running a Lenovo T420i with a 6 cell battery. In the past I've been told that it's bad practice to run a laptop on AC with the battery installed because it would cause reduced battery capacity. Your Li-ion battery will have a

Re: laptop battery cycling

2012-05-27 Thread Doug
On 05/27/2012 09:57 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 28/05/12 11:37, Robert Holtzman wrote: For the record, I'm running a Lenovo T420i with a 6 cell battery. In the past I've been told that it's bad practice to run a laptop on AC with the battery installed because it would cause reduced battery

Re: laptop battery cycling

2012-05-27 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Mon, 2012-05-28 at 00:01 -0400, Doug wrote: On 05/27/2012 09:57 PM, Scott Ferguson wrote: On 28/05/12 11:37, Robert Holtzman wrote: For the record, I'm running a Lenovo T420i with a 6 cell battery. In the past I've been told that it's bad practice to run a laptop on AC with the