Weird ibook (dual USB) battery behavior

Plug in one of my battery today, and it read 22 hours!
Tho X. Bui wrote on :

Plug in one of my battery today, and it read 22 hours! Wonder what's going on....Should I keep running it until it dies to see if the battery really lasts 22 hours :-)?

Tho

Gregory Weston replied on :

In article 4018969A.556CDB2@redacted.invalid, "Tho X. Bui" blahx3@redacted.invalid wrote:

Plug in one of my battery today, and it read 22 hours! Wonder what's going on....Should I keep running it until it dies to see if the battery really lasts 22 hours :-)?

Actually you probably should if you haven't run the battery down recently. It'll help recalibrate the time estimates.

G

Tho X. Bui replied on :

Gregory Weston wrote:

"Tho X. Bui" blahx3@redacted.invalid wrote:

Plug in one of my battery today, and it read 22 hours! Wonder what's going on....Should I keep running it until it dies to see if the battery really lasts 22 hours :-)? Actually you probably should if you haven't run the battery down recently. It'll help recalibrate the time estimates.

Well, that was bad advice for me. The battery is down to nuthin, and will no longer take a charge :-(

Tho

Gregory Weston replied on :

In article 401B2B16.7D189A76@redacted.invalid, "Tho X. Bui" blahx3@redacted.invalid wrote:

Gregory Weston wrote:

"Tho X. Bui" blahx3@redacted.invalid wrote:

Plug in one of my battery today, and it read 22 hours! Wonder what's going on....Should I keep running it until it dies to see if the battery really lasts 22 hours :-)? Actually you probably should if you haven't run the battery down recently. It'll help recalibrate the time estimates.

Well, that was bad advice for me. The battery is down to nuthin, and will no longer take a charge :-(

Erk. Out of curiosity:

How old was the battery? How much time did you get out of it?