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

Robert Ameeti robert at ameeti.net
Tue Mar 25 07:12:01 PST 2003


>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?)

Too many variables for a single answer.

How many times was it fully discharged? How many times was it charged after having drained only 2%? What temperature was it stored at? Was it properly burned in when it was new?

> 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.
>
>-Joel

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Robert Ameeti
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Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties.

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