[Ti] Battery Charge Life?

[Trevor J. Hutley]

At 14:35 -0500 24-3-2003, Michael Bigley wrote:
>>If the battery is in poor condition - as judged by that parameter - 
>>then I expect that it will also lose its charge quickly when unused.
>>Charge it up fully, then disconnect and see how many minutes you 
>>have left.  Let  me know what you find.
>
>I just did that and initially it was less than an hour but seems to 
>be going up?? So the initially read may not be accurate... or my 
>battery is dying.  BTW, I am using airport to connect to net, which 
>may also have something to do with it.

Mike - my Ti-500 is also connected to the net by airport card, which 
surely does consume energy.  I just unplugged my 'book, and it shows 
(at 95% charge) 3 h 36 min of life.  Note that I have slightly 
different "Energy Saver" settings for Battery, compared to Power 
Adapter.

T.