Discharge, charge, etc Monitor for sidebar

hey guys!

I have been looking for a sidebar gadget that monitors a batteries discharge rate (Win Vista).

Idealy it would:

• When on battery power:
  • display current discharge rate as a graph
  • display estimated time the system can run at current conditions

• When plugged in:
  • display current power consumption as a graph
  • display estimated time to a full recharge

Does anything like this exist?
Thanks in advance,
-COW

 

BatteryMon may be worth a look although it is not a sidebar gadget. It will draw the graph you want when running on battery.

Both BatteryMon and RMclock have tray icons which will show some battery info.

I don't think any application can tell you about the power consumption when on mains power because this is not normally monitored within a notebook. As far as I know, it is only the battery charge / discharge which is monitored. I can check the total mains power using a meter on the wall (but I don't know the efficiency of the power supply).

John

 

Thanks John!

Didnt realise that RMclock displays discharge info! Would be cool if one could some how display that value as a graph either in the taskbar or in the sidebar as a gadget...hmm

I think BatteryMon is too overkill for me!

Too bad about not being able to easily monitor the power consumption

-COW

 

I've just checked the RMClock battery icon. There is an option for it to show either estimated time remaining or % charge as part of the icon and % capacity as a tool tip. The battery info page of RMClock shows the current power drain.

MobileMeter also draws a discharge / charge graph but won't work with Vista.

John

 

Thanks!

Thats exactly what I missing...current power drain as a little graph(just as RMclock displays CPU load/OS Load as a graph).

Hmm, I guess ill have to be content with opening RM clock and looking at the current value..

-COW