Re: Power on powerbook G4
Hi all,
Thanks for the good explantion. Nearby the mail from pander, was not send to
the list...
Greets
Guillaume
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Hi all,
No it is best to use power as much as possible to save battery life. As
long as the cable is plugged in the battery is not used, only recharged.
At least this is my understanding of the principle. Modern batteries can
be recharded even when the are not empty.
Regards,
Pander
>
> I'm not an expert on that mather, but it should'nt be a problem because
> the battery stop being recharged when it is full (it is managed directly
> by the battery firmware I believe).
>
> Many batteries can have problems if they don't have full
> charge/discharge cycles, but it is not a problems with lithium-ion
> batteries. If you always keep your battery full (because you keep it at
> home or at your work place) Apple recommand to do the equivalent of a full
> charge/discharge cycle once a month to keep the electron flowing
> periodically. But you don't have to discharge it all in one time (you can
> discharge it by 2/3 once and in few days by 1/3 and it still count as a
> full cycle for your battery). That is not true for lead based batteries
> and most others.
>
> There is batteries that will have shorther life if they don't have full
> charge/discharge cycles, but it is not your case.
>
>
> Simon Valiquette
> http://gulus.USherbrooke.ca
> http://www.gulus.org
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