[Ti] The FINAL word on Battery life ..(HAHAHA)

[Frank Farwell]

On Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at 04:36  AM, T.L.Miller wrote:

> Tue, Mar 25, 2003 7:30 PM xxl at mac.com XXL said:
>
>> Batteries have a finite number of charge-discharge cycles.  (How 
>> many?  I
>> have heard the figure 400-500 for a LiIon battery-why doesn't someone
>> research that?) When operating time starts to taper off you are 
>> approaching
>> that limit and need to buy a new battery and see to it that the old 
>> one is
>> properly disposed of.
>
> How would you equate that to a situation where it is plugged in 95% of
> the time?
>

Recently I read some battery info that indicated Li-ion Batteries have 
a shelf life of about 3 years so even if you don't use it. So over time 
it still will decay to hold less and less of a charge.

frank farwell