I usually keep my iBook plugged in and I've noticed lately that it
only charges to 95%. I recently plugged it into a UPS but I have also plugged it into other outlets and the 95% things still remains. Is this a sign the battery is going bad? Should I let it run down to empty and recharge it? I did that about two months ago -- this behaviour has started since then.
On Sun, 28 Sep 2003 17:31:03 +0100, ads123 wrote (in message bl72cl1dva@redacted.invalid):
I usually keep my iBook plugged in and I've noticed lately that itonly charges to 95%. I recently plugged it into a UPS but I have also plugged it into other outlets and the 95% things still remains. Is this a sign the battery is going bad? Should I let it run down to empty and recharge it? I did that about two months ago -- this behaviour has started since then.
Mine does the same, apparently it's designed to avoid small discharge-charge cycles which are not good for the battery. If you unplug and let it go below 95% then charge it should go a all the up to 100%.
Andy
In article 0001HW.BB9CDE3200180378F0101600@redacted.invalid, Andy Mulhearn unxmully@redacted.invalid wrote:
Mine does the same, apparently it's designed to avoid small discharge-charge cycles which are not good for the battery. If you unplug and let it go below 95% then charge it should go a all the up to 100%.
When I bought my iBook in sept 2001 the battery would always charge up to 100%. I bought a replacement battery 3 weeks ago and it almost never goes beyond 98% or 99%. Is this because the new battery has this feature you just mentioned?
On Mon, 29 Sep 2003 9:41:33 +0100, Hobo wrote (in message noemail-6B7419.01413329092003@redacted.invalid):
In article 0001HW.BB9CDE3200180378F0101600@redacted.invalid, Andy Mulhearn unxmully@redacted.invalid wrote:
Mine does the same, apparently it's designed to avoid small discharge-charge cycles which are not good for the battery. If you unplug and let it go below 95% then charge it should go a all the up to 100%.
When I bought my iBook in sept 2001 the battery would always charge up to 100%. I bought a replacement battery 3 weeks ago and it almost never goes beyond 98% or 99%. Is this because the new battery has this feature you just mentioned?
I don't know. I don't believe it's in the battery and there's an apple knowledge base article here http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=88344 which describes what i see.
Andy