[CentOS] Battery condition tools CentOS/Dell

On Wed, 2009-08-05 at 09:43 -0400, Kwan Lowe wrote:
> Hello all:
>    Does anyone know of a tool/project that will allow me to read the
> battery condition (not the charge status) on a Dell laptop battery?
> Under XP there is a utility that warns that the battery is still
> holding a charge but that the battery is degraded and should be
> replaced.
> 
> Also, not sure if this is possible, but I would like to control how
> the laptop charges the battery.  I tend to have the laptop plugged in
> most of the time and this constant charging state is apparently very
> bad for battery lifetime. So a charge/drain cycle is supposedly
> better.
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most laptops have Lithium Ion batteries and are not bothered by 'memory
effect'

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lithium_ion_batteries

I think with Lithium Ion batteries, all you do by charge/drain cycles is
shorten their life.

Craig


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