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Re: Battery life recovery - Everyone suggesting battery full drains, *read this*



On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 18:03, Joe Wreschnig wrote:
> Short answer: Yes.
> 
> Long answer: It does if the battery keeps charging, which it might or
> might not. Modern batteries often contain smart circuitry that governs
> how they charge. This generally helps lengthen the battery life (unless
> you have a Thinkpad, where the smart part is actually very dumb), by
> doing things like stopping the charge process at 100%. Unfortunately, I
> don't know what batteries have what kinds of smart charging procedures,
> so I just leave all of mine off mains when they're charged.

Doh, IBM ThinkPad X22.

Would it be safe to remove the battery whilst on? I don't fancy having
to shutdown/startup twice a day!

Ross
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