laptop battery

[Raymond House]

Bob, have you tried that ?

On Sun, Jan 4, 2015 at 8:45 PM, Bob Jonkman <bjonkman at sobac.com> wrote:

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> Depending on the laptop's circuitry, when a battery is installed it may
> still draw power from the battery, then recharge it in short cycles.
> While drawing power from the battery provides a steadier current that's
> good for the laptop, it's not good for the battery so you may find that
> you get longer battery life when you remove it while you're on AC
> (mains) power.
>
> - --Bob
>
>
> On 04/01/15 05:31 PM, Raymond House wrote:
> > All the best in 2015 to all, I have a question,when my laptop is
> > running with the external supply plugged in, is it using that
> > supply to power it or is it on the battery all the time regardless
> > ? Thanks
>
>
> On 04/01/15 07:43 PM, Stephen M. Webb wrote:
> > On 01/04/2015 06:53 PM, Raymond House wrote:
> >> Thanks John, I believe your right because although the battery is
> >>  fully charged the power supply is warm to the touch, not hot as
> >>  when the batt is discharged.No info about this in the manual.
> >
> > The power supply could be warmer when the battery is charging
> > because there's a larger current draw to charge the battery.
> >
> > Really, if you want to know if the laptop is powered from the
> > batter while it's plugged in to the mains, try removing the
> > battery, plugging the laptop in, and powering it up.  If it turns
> > on, you'll have your answer.
> >
> >
> > -- Stephen M. Webb  <stephen at ubuntu.com>
> > https://launchpad.net/~bregma
> >
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