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Re: Power Management
- From: Adam Williamson <awilliam redhat com>
- To: Development discussions related to Fedora <fedora-devel-list redhat com>
- Subject: Re: Power Management
- Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:41:19 -0800
On Mon, 2009-02-16 at 19:02 -0500, brad longo wrote:
> As I'm sure most of you know, leaving your laptop plugged in and
> charging with a full battery charge is harmful for the battery.
No, it isn't. Where did you get that idea?
It's very harmful if you're using a charger which doesn't figure out
when the battery's full and switch to trickle charge mode but just keeps
dumping full charge power in - you'll kill the battery in short order
and, if you're lucky, set stuff on fire too. However, I know of not a
single laptop ever shipped with such a dumb charger. All laptops have
smart chargers, which sense when the charge is complete. Leaving the
laptop plugged in while fully charged is a perfectly normal use case
that all manufacturers expect and design for.
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Adam Williamson
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