how discharged does it need to be for the light to come on again?
On 10/22/09, mike havens <
bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> that works too
>
>
> On 10/22/09, Bob Elzer <bob.elzer@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> My HP pavilion is always plugged in, once the battery is fully
>> charged, the light goes off telling me it isn't charging any more.
>>
>>
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>> *From:* plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us [mailto:
>> plug-discuss-bounces@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] *On Behalf Of *mike havens
>> *Sent:* Thursday, October 22, 2009 7:13 AM
>> *To:* Main PLUG discussion list
>> *Subject:* Re: laptop battery capacity
>>
>> For clarification:
>> I think you also don't want the battery in if you only run the lap-top
>> while the lap-top is plugged in. Isn't one of the deals with rechargeables
>> that it only has a certain amount of charge time? Therefore, you don't
>> always want to have it plugged in and charging.
>>
>>
>> On 10/22/09, mike havens <bmike1@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> I think you also don't want the battery in if you only run it while it is
>>> plugged in.
>>>
>>>
>>> On 10/22/09, Jerry Davis <jdawgaz@cox.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> On Thu, 22 Oct 2009 00:44:10 -0700
>>>> Nathan England <nathan@paysonlinux.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> yes, take it to batteries plus, and get it rebuilt.
>>>> i am also guilty of this, but the kind of batteries that are in laptops,
>>>> need
>>>> to be almost fully discharged once in a while, as lithium ion batteries
>>>> need
>>>> that.
>>>>
>>>> periodically, I will unplug, and let it go down to like less than 4 min
>>>> left,
>>>> and then plug it back in.
>>>>
>>>> i've had 2 batteries, go out on me because of this.
>>>>
>>>> jerry
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> >
>>>> > I realize batteries lose capacity over time, but this seems rediculous
>>>> to me
>>>> > as I have never had a laptop battery go as fast as the current one. I
>>>> have
>>>> > only owned Dell laptops in the past and the batteries have lasted
>>>> plenty
>>>> > long, but this HP is killing me! Just over a year old and the battery
>>>> is less
>>>> > than half the capacity at full charge!!! Hardinfo says:
>>>> >
>>>> > 2592 mAh / 6000 mAh (43.20%)
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > Yikes!!!
>>>> >
>>>> > Isn't there anything that can be done to force a fuller charge ? this
>>>> sucks!
>>>> >
>>>> > nathan
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