[P1] Prolonging Battery Life

[B G]

It was still reading 2 hours or so and then nothing.


On Jun 26, 2004, at 12:23 AM, Tom Burke wrote:

>
> I think that's pretty typical of what can happen. There's no real 
> connection between the battery-life-remaining figure and the actual 
> state of the battery; the computer just gets a 'charge indication' 
> from the battery and works out some sort of 'life remaining' time from 
> computed algorithms. If the battery is going to lose charge very 
> quickly then that figure can be way out, just as yours was.
>
> Did the displayed 'time remaining' figure reduce very quickly along 
> with the battery charge, or was it still at a high figure (1 hour or 
> so) when the battery died?
>
> Tom Burke
>
>> Message-Id: <39F6A48A-C6F1-11D8-BF29-000502135DD2 at pacbell.net>
>> From: BG <briang113 at pacbell.net>
>> Subject: Re: [P1] FW: [P1] Prolonging Battery Life
>> Date: Fri, 25 Jun 2004 14:47:16 -0700
>>
>> I have a correction, it appears the battery life is not as good as the
>> computer thinks it is.
>>
>> As I was running on the battery I did not even get an hour of power
>> before it died.
>>
>> So back to the drawer it goes.
>>
>> oh well
>>
>> BG
>
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