stop charging laptop battery when full

Bernt Hansson bah at bananmonarki.se
Sun Jan 22 21:02:16 UTC 2017


On 2017-01-22 21:45, JD wrote:
>
>
> On 01/22/2017 01:37 PM, Michael Sierchio wrote:
>> On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 12:29 PM, Bernt Hansson <bah at bananmonarki.se> 
>> wrote:
>>
>> On 2017-01-20 18:11, Matthias Apitz wrote:
>>>> While charging, is there a way to stop the charging when
>>>> hw.acpi.battery.life reached 100 to protect the (LI-ion) battery?
>>>>
>>>> Thanks
>>>>
>>>>          matthias
>>>>
>>> The simplest way is to use a timer.
>>>
>> Do you use a clock to tell if the water in your bath is too hot?
>>
>> Do you use a watch to determine if you have reached your destination 
>> in a
>> car?
>>
>> It is taking all the restraint I can muster not to label that the least
>> helpful bit of advice I have read here. Oops. It slipped out.
>>
> My $.02's worth:
> Since continuous charging after battery is full reduces the life of 
> the battery,
> should not  the charging circuitry in the laptop detect the battery is 
> full, and
> break the circuit?
That's how it works.


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