Power Management

[brad longo]

Adam Williamson wrote:
> 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.
>   
I'm not going to pretend to be a professional when it comes to 
batteries, but my battery was recalled about two years ago for setting 
stuff on fire.  Now you know of one.

--Brad