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| From | Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.sys.mac.system |
| Subject | Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? |
| Date | 18 Jan 2015 23:21:43 GMT |
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On 2015-01-18, Niels Jørgen Kruse <nospam@ab-katrinedal.dk> wrote: > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: > >> On 2015-01-18, Niels Jørgen Kruse <nospam@ab-katrinedal.dk> wrote: >> > Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> wrote: >> > >> >> I've never found it to be all that accurate, especially when using >> >> rechargeable batteries. And I don't think it matters much anyway. When >> >> the batteries die, you'll know it and you can replace them. Advanced >> >> warning isn't important. >> > >> > You wouldn't want a battery to leak. >> > >> > Deep discharge is damaging to rechargeables mounted in series. >> >> What on Earth are you going on about? If the device powered by the >> batteries stops working due to insufficient charge, then that is ample >> notification that the batteries are dead and need to be replaced or >> recharged. Having a battery strength monitor doesn't change this. > > Batteries are rarely equally discharged towards the end, so there is a > risk of pole reversal in a serie of batteries. I doubt that applies to standard AA(A) batteries. And I don't see how this has much to do with Mac OS X's battery level indicator anyway. -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR
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Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-17 12:52 -0800
Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-17 21:50 +0000
Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? Ant <ant@zimage.comANT> - 2015-01-17 17:55 -0800
Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-18 16:14 +0000
Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? nospam@ab-katrinedal.dk (Niels Jørgen Kruse) - 2015-01-18 09:30 +0100
Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-18 16:16 +0000
Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? nospam@ab-katrinedal.dk (Niels Jørgen Kruse) - 2015-01-18 22:03 +0100
Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-18 16:04 -0500
Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-18 23:21 +0000
Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-18 18:32 -0500
Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? nospam@ab-katrinedal.dk (Niels Jørgen Kruse) - 2015-01-19 13:37 +0100
Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2015-01-19 16:37 +0000
Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? nospam@ab-katrinedal.dk (Niels Jørgen Kruse) - 2015-01-19 21:37 +0100
Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-19 16:06 -0500
Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? nospam@ab-katrinedal.dk (Niels Jørgen Kruse) - 2015-01-20 13:16 +0100
Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-20 16:52 -0500
Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-21 06:16 +0000
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Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? nospam <nospam@nospam.invalid> - 2015-01-19 16:06 -0500
Re: Is my Apple wireless keyboard's battery life inaccurate? Lewis <g.kreme@gmail.com.dontsendmecopies> - 2015-01-19 21:03 +0000
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