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

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 m

Re: laptop battery cycling

2012-05-28 Thread Camaleón
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 tw

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 bat

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 inst

Re: laptop battery cycling

2012-05-27 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 pas

Re: laptop battery cycling

2012-05-27 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 installed

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

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 c

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