Re: Issue with notebook (maybe the battery?)

[cbannister@slingshot.co.nz]

On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 12:07:46PM +0200, tomas@tuxteam.de wrote:
> On Sun, Mar 26, 2017 at 04:46:37AM -0500, Richard Owlett wrote:
> > On 03/25/2017 05:29 PM, Daniel Bareiro wrote:
> > >Hi, Joe.
> > >
> > >[snip]
> > >
> > >Checking the purchase invoices, I bought the notebook on September 19,
> > >2013, and then changed the battery on November 2, 2015. So less than two
> > >years ago I have this battery.
> > >
> > >The notebook I use it practically every day and I leave it sleeping from
> > >one day to the next so I do not have to open every application every
> > >time. I'm not sure if that impacts so much on the battery life.
> > 
> > If it was a long term degradation, possibly. With some battery
> > technology/technologies(?) there is a "memory" effect. If there is a
> > repeated "shallow discharge"/recharge cycle ( sleep overnight
> > followed by running during day with charger plugged in) the
> > effective battery capacity will decrease. IIRC that applies to only
> > one technology but can't remember which.
> 
> That would be the nickel family (NiMH and its predecessors). Laptops
> changed long ago (I'd venture somewhere in the 90-ies) to Li-whatever.

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/archive/memory_myth_or_fact

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