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    Envy 15: disabling charging?

    Discussion in 'HP' started by havokxz, Sep 17, 2010.

  1. havokxz

    havokxz Notebook Enthusiast

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    Everyone is aware that constantly recharging cycle is ultimately the reason for the decay of the battery. Is there any program that disables the charging of the battery? and use the plug as a source of power directly?
     
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  2. Pitabred

    Pitabred Linux geek con rat flail!

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    Who is this "everyone" and where are they saying that? Because they're wrong. A lithium battery is good for 300-500 charge/discharge cycles. More importantly, they have a useful life of about 2-4 years AFTER MANUFACTURE. Not after you get them. It is also governed more by charge level that it's stored at than by charge cycles:

    How to prolong lithium-based batteries

    The only programs I know of that will disable charging of the batteries at a certain level are in hardware that supports it, like Lenovo laptops and it's Power Manager software. I'm not aware of any "generic" software that will do it.

    http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic/257739-laptop-battery-charge-limiter/
     
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    ColdHeat Notebook Geek

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    Lol, the information you're working on is quite old. Old NiCD batteries are the ones that decay with more charging. Li-on Batteries are pretty set, use them right after they're manufactured and just use them. You can't really stop their decay except by keeping them away from heat.
     
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  4. havokxz

    havokxz Notebook Enthusiast

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    haha oh. well ive been obviously been in the dark about the new battery features.

    well anyways thanks.
     
    havokxz, Sep 17, 2010
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