laptop battery

[CrankyOldBugger]

Have you looked at TLP?  It's a power management app for Linux:

http://www.noobslab.com/2013/07/how-to-improve-laptop-power-management.html



On Sun Jan 04 2015 at 9:23:40 PM Raymond House <raymondh40 at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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