Why does laptop battery show < 100% charge

[Robert Nichols]

Paolo Galtieri wrote:
> This is something that has been driving me crazy over the last several 
> weeks.  I have my laptop plugged into AC power and has been plugged into 
> AC power for several days now, but the battery applet shows 97.3% 
> charge.  It has been showing < 100% for several days and never reaches 
> 100%.  The battery is less than 3 months old.  I'm running F11 with all 
> the latest updates.

On some laptops the charger does not get started if the battery charge
is greater than some percentage (perhaps 95%).  Saves pointless wear
on the battery for very little gain.  My Lenovo laptop claims to work
that way, though I've seen it go into the "charging" state when the
battery was already near full charge.

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