Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "J. P. Gilliver (John)" Newsgroups: comp.mobile.android Subject: Re: charging policy Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2018 16:18:26 +0000 Organization: 255 software Lines: 50 Message-ID: References: <211120181510403705%nospam@nospam.invalid> <221120180150118477%nospam@nospam.invalid> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=us-ascii;format=flowed Injection-Info: reader01.eternal-september.org; posting-host="a4e7f3e0c4d90bc79e633a65c89a7fa2"; logging-data="9694"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+Mh/Iwu7vVN9sFxX9hI7AB" User-Agent: Turnpike/6.07-M () Cancel-Lock: sha1:jkNaM4uRdedLd97so4bKJLlWmGc= Xref: csiph.com comp.mobile.android:57782 In message <221120180150118477%nospam@nospam.invalid>, nospam writes: >In article , Libor Striz > wrote: > >> > false.five 1/5th cycles = 1 full cycle.and actually multiple partial cycles >> > is preferable to deep cycles. >> >> In context of provided charge within 1 full versus 5 1/5 cycles, yes. >> In context of the battery life, >> the full cycle count is less than 1/5 of 1/5 cycle count. > >nope. five 1/5th cycles = 1 full cycle. Hmm. I find it difficult to believe that discharging to 80% and then recharging to 100%, five times, has the _same_ effect on battery life as discharging to 0% (well, cutoff point) and charging back to 100%. _Which_ shortens battery life the most, I wouldn't hazard a guess. [] >> Battery maintenance is more important for laptops than phones >> as their mean usage life is longer than for phones, >> replacement of battery is not cheap and cycle time is more critical . > >not significantly. > >> The most important is not to keep the battery topped while on AC, >> better is cycling between 40-80 % most of the time. How do you manage that? (I don't mean it's difficult, I mean what is your management strategy?) > >ideally, but the difference is not worth the trouble. > >tl;dr use the device normally and don't worry about it. Define "normally". (For example, is a laptop that is normally connected to the mains "normal"? I suspect that for a lot of people, it is.) "tl;dr" is all very well (other than that it makes you sound rude and a smart-alec), until something comes along that you d'd r. -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/<1985 MB++G()AL-IS-Ch++(p)Ar@T+H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Have you ever heard about a petition, disagreed with it, but been frustrated that there's no way you can *show* that you disagree? If so, have a look at https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/232770 - and please pass it on if you agree, especially to twitter, facebook, gransnet/mumsnet, or any such forum. I'm the oldest woman on primetime not baking cakes. - Anne Robinson, RT 2015/8/15-21