[TriLUG] Thinkpad Battery Charging Thresholds

[Joel James Adamson]

John Brier <johnbrier at gmail.com> writes:

> On Feb 15, 2011 3:58 PM, "Joel James Adamson" <adamsonj at email.unc.edu>
> wrote:
>>
>> Hello Triluggers,
>>
>> Sorry if this is too far off-topic, but I've found better laptop advice
>> on this list than anywhere else.  I recently bought a Lenovo Thinkpad
>> I know that optimally the battery
>> should be between 30 % and 80 % of full charge
>
> Where did you hear this?

http://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Maintenance#Battery_treatment

> For my 3 year old Asus U3S which i beleive has a lithium ion battery i just
> use it however my needs require. Most of the time its plugged in but when i
> take it off AC it works fine, three years later.

Then perhaps I should have bought one of those, but my wife's EeePC has
lost most of its charge after two years of constant charging.

Thanks,

Joel

-- 
Joel J. Adamson
Servedio Lab
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

FSF Member #8164
http://www.unc.edu/~adamsonj
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