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    battery conditioning questions

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by aleicgrant, Feb 25, 2009.

  1. aleicgrant

    aleicgrant Notebook Evangelist

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    I have an extended battery on the way BPL-13 and I had a question.

    Is there a preferred way to condition the battery to make sure it get the max life out of it.

    Appreciate the tips
     
    aleicgrant, Feb 25, 2009
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  2. flipfire

    flipfire Moderately Boss

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    Check out the battery guide
     
    flipfire, Feb 25, 2009
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  3. arth1

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    Quick answer: Later generation Li-Ion batteries should not be conditioned -- they lose capacity on every charge/discharge cycle, including the "conditioning".
    Just charge it fully once before enabling battery save mode (at 80% or 50%), else the software won't learn the true full capacity of your battery, and may misreport and sleep/hibernate/shutdown at the wrong time.
     
    arth1, Feb 26, 2009
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