brent timothy saner on 11 Jul 2009 09:43:09 -0700 |
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Art Alexion wrote: > On Saturday 11 July 2009 12:05:14 Brian Vagnoni wrote: >> I'm pretty hard on most batteries despite the fact I try and plug in where >> ever I go. > > I am no battery expert, but I think plugging in too much lessens battery life. > Some batteries like to be topped off a lot, but I have found laptops like to > be charged and drained. > > this is a case of nickel batteries vs. lithium batteries. nickel batteries like to be charged completely and then discharged completely. lithium, the batteries found in newer laptops/devices, like to be charged and kept charged. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.11 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEARECAAYFAkpYwRQACgkQ8u2Zh4MtlQpS8ACgg5J0BoWI0e2LAASTFgxM0vOa RpIAn2KyrEILDqoAaSxNUuxBZX34TNSi =ccyd -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- ___________________________________________________________________________ Philadelphia Linux Users Group -- http://www.phillylinux.org Announcements - http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug-announce General Discussion -- http://lists.phillylinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
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