On Sun, 2007-07-29 at 19:03 +0930, Tim wrote: > Tim: > >> It's generally a good idea to make use of rechargable batteries - run > >> the device they're meant for, using the batteries, from time to time. > >> Quite apart from the technical reasons, of keeping the batteries > >> alive, there's not much point owning them (and paying for them) if you > >> don't make use of them. > > Aaron Konstam: > > Au contraire , there is lots o reasons. One is when I am running the > > machine at home for 3 hours with a battery that runs it for 2 hrs and 14 > > minutes. On DELL D810 it is designed to run that way so why not? > > I'm not quite sure what you're disagreeing with. > > One of my points was that I don't see much sense in paying for a battery > if you're not going to use it as a battery, they're not cheap. That > doesn't mean you have to use it all the time, but using some times would > do it good. > > Batteries generally last the best when made use of. Ones that sit there > unused, or always being charged, usually suffer. Ones that sit in > equipment are often slightly discharging through the equipment, and > being trickled charged, constantly. Consider yourself lucky if yours is > fine in those conditions. > > Chargers are *sometimes* are fine to leave connected, as *some* are > designed *not* to keep on charging a battery needlessly. Others are not > so intelligently designed. (Whether that be the box you plug into the > wall, or circuitry in the laptop between battery and the power brick.) > > Some laptops are not really good to run continuously, they may have not > so brilliant cooling. They may use a laptop drive that's been designed > to last being turned on and off a lot, but not so much for continuous > running. The opposite of most desktop drives. > > There's a multitude f factors, and it's hard to say what's best for > some, it's even harder to attempt to say what's best for all. > I have a terrible urge to send replies to your private address even if they are rejected. So what are you suggesting. That when I run the laptop on power I remove the battery. Well here is my didactic statement for the day. I would not buy a laptop that could not be run on wall power even if the battery is installed. I always thought Toshiba made high class laptops. If I found my Toshiba laptop needed to have the battery removed when I ran it on wall power I would sell it the next day. Would you buy a cell phone that did not stop charging when the battery was fully charged. I would not. We are in the 21th century and we know how to construct a device with a battery that works correctly. -- ======================================================================= Slow day. Practice crawling. ======================================================================= Aaron Konstam telephone: (210) 656-0355 e-mail: akonstam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
