[G4] Powerbook Battery Oddity

[Steve Goldstein]

I ***SUSPECT*** that there might be something amiss with the problem battery.  Something that might generate heat or back-voltage when it charges.  I do not know what protective sensors or feedback might be built into the Apple batteries and charging circuits, so I am really shooting in the dark here.  Maybe your errant battery has a short inside?  Or, at the opposite extreme and even more likely, a break or corrosion (more impedance) in the internal circuit that interconnects the individual cells in the battery?

Not much help, I know,

--Steve

At 4:23 PM +0000 3/11/06, Alex Hurst wrote:
>I have two batteries. One charges up to 100% with no problem. The other goes to trickle charge after about 5 minutes whatever its state of charge. If you withdraw the battery for a minute and slide it back in, you'll get full charge for five minutes, then back to trickle charge again. I'm currently up to 84%, and appear to be advancing by about 1% for each time I repeat this procedure.