On Thu, 2026-05-07 at 16:07 -0400, Robert Moskowitz via users wrote: > In my new notebook, the internal battery was only providing 60% power. > What did I expect with a new/used notebook? > > Anyway I just installed a bright new battery and web posts I found said > to run new batteries down and then recharge 3 times before regular use. > Or something like that. > > Is there some easy app I can run (F44/xfce) to eat up power and take > less that the 2.5 hr the power app is saying this battery would keep the > system running for? >
Hmm, not sure about exercising batteries... My old Asus laptop had a BIOS feature to recalibrate it's idea of the battery's health. It killed the battery. Straight away it went from being quite reasonably useful, to barely enough seconds to unplug the laptop, move to another spot in the house, and plug in again. *I* wouldn't run them down until forced shutdown is reached. It might be worth more research about how much to exercise a battery. I might test something down to 30%, perhaps, just to see how well I trust a new battery. That's just me being cautious. I've come to the conclusion that three years is a lucky battery life with some equipment. Though my 2018 phone's still going, but not as well as it used to. It may last a day if untouched, half a day if being used. Unfortunately it's a waterproof phone glued shut. So if I go out for a long time, I take a battery bank with me. -- uname -rsvp Linux 3.10.0-1160.119.1.el7.x86_64 #1 SMP Tue Jun 4 14:43:51 UTC 2024 x86_64 (yes, this is the output from uname for this PC when I posted) Boilerplate: All unexpected mail to my mailbox is automatically deleted. I will only get to see the messages that are posted to the mailing list. -- _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] Do not reply to spam, report it: https://forge.fedoraproject.org/infra/tickets/issues/new
