With all the advances in hardware technology you would think someone
would start working on making better power sources...
On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 23:32, chris clement wrote:
> Why has nobody thought to make a pack with 2 half sized sets of cells with a
> switch to allow you to run one down completely and peak-charge the other
> whenever it's convenient? I'll bet even the switch could be solid state and
> smart enough to take care of itself. Maybe your engineer friend could make a
> killing here!
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vernon" <vsingleton@cfl.rr.com>
> To: <slug@nks.net>
> Sent: Thursday, January 02, 2003 6:56 PM
> Subject: Re: [SLUG] Questions about laptop batteries
>
>
> > Matt wrote:
> >
> > >Thanks for the help, I'm going to cycle it a few more times then stick
> > >to battery power only from now on
> > >
> > >On Thu, 2003-01-02 at 17:34, JamesS wrote:
> > >
> > >
> > >>Laptop batterys are not made to keep 100% charged all the time. They
> often
> > >>do exactly what you describe when they are. I try to run my laptops on
> the
> > >>batterys and only charge them when they get very low. Once a week i will
> > >>leave them on until they shut themselves off. The batterys seem to last
> much
> > >>longer this way. My first laptop i kept fully charged and the battery
> only
> > >>lasted a year before it would not take a charge at all.
> > >>
> > This is my main beef with laptops ... not the computers, but the battery.
> > All that advanced circuitry but nothing that
> > "stops charging the battery, and then recharges it when necessary".
> > Of course this is a major appeal of laptops to the retail market ...
> > "battery sales".
> >
> > But if it were engineered properly, you would _really_ be able to buy
> > a laptop based on it's ability to recharge the battery the best.
> >
> > Two points:
> >
> > 1) the most convenient thing to do with any rechargable battery (laptop,
> > cellphone, etc ...)
> > --> leave it plugged in!
> >
> > 2) the worst thing to do with any rechargable battery (laptop,
> > cellphone, etc ...)
> > --> leave it plugged in!
> >
> > And I do not accept any pap about Lithium ion vs. NiCd ...
> > friend of mine does rechargable battery development for Energizer ...
> > he gave me the complete run down in detail ...
> > it's the battery manufacturers and their agreements with OEMs
> > which are my enemies on this planet.
> >
> > i.e. their continuing aggreements to sell inferior products without the
> > accompanying
> > circuitry/software to properly maintain your battery for the maintenence
> > revenue.
> >
> > Vernon Singleton
> > vsingleton@cfl.rr.com
> >
> >
>
Matt <matthew@textbox.net>
Fully Automatic Records
www.fullyautomatic.org
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