Can I leave my ibook plugged in?
Hi,
I've recently had some battery problems with my ibook battery (700mhz - Spring 2002). The problems were like those described on these boards a while ago, where the battery would drop from 60% power to 0% suddenly. Anyway, I have a new battery coming to me and I wonder if keeping the machine plugged in for a while might have done this. My ibook is standing in as a desktop machine and I often have it plugged in days at a time.
Any information would be appreciated as I don't want to wreck another battery, if this in fact was why it was wrecked (although I don't think it is).
Thanks,
Nicholas
I've recently had some battery problems with my ibook battery (700mhz - Spring 2002). The problems were like those described on these boards a while ago, where the battery would drop from 60% power to 0% suddenly. Anyway, I have a new battery coming to me and I wonder if keeping the machine plugged in for a while might have done this. My ibook is standing in as a desktop machine and I often have it plugged in days at a time.
Any information would be appreciated as I don't want to wreck another battery, if this in fact was why it was wrecked (although I don't think it is).
Thanks,
Nicholas
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Originally posted by Nicholas Greco
Hi,
I've recently had some battery problems with my ibook battery (700mhz - Spring 2002). The problems were like those described on these boards a while ago, where the battery would drop from 60% power to 0% suddenly. Anyway, I have a new battery coming to me and I wonder if keeping the machine plugged in for a while might have done this. My ibook is standing in as a desktop machine and I often have it plugged in days at a time.
Any information would be appreciated as I don't want to wreck another battery, if this in fact was why it was wrecked (although I don't think it is).
Thanks,
Nicholas
Your battery SHOULD be unaffected by leaving it plugged in.
(tig)
Thanks
Good cycling of the battery helps.
:-)
Originally posted by CiNoRi
For any laptop battery it is good to charge it then let it run down... then recharge...
Good cycling of the battery helps.
:-)
This REALLY depends on the type of battery ... for the old NiCd batteries this was more or less a necessity ... for NiMh batteries it will make no difference at all....
I lost interest in the field before the LiIon batteries became popular, so I couldn't say how it affects them.
In any case, I leave my iBook plugged in for days at a time and have never had any battery problems .... still using the origional battery 3 years later (and it will still let me watch a DVD on the battery with some power left over). And it is rarely allowed to drop below 60%, so it's fair to say that it has never been deep-cycled but maybey half a dozen times in three years.
Nicholas