Battery charge thresholds?

[eggfun]

Hi,

I have set my custom charge thresholds to charge below 60% and to stop charging at 80%, however, the battery monitor/icon says the battery is charged fully at 100%. What's the deal here?

[w500?]

It won't discharge it; you have to do that manually, then your settings will kick in.

[eggfun]

Thanks for the quick reply.

What I did was I let it run down to 10%, turned it off, set the thresholds, then plugged the laptop into the power adaptor, and it ended up fully charging to 100%. Does it automatically charge to 100% if the computer is off?

[w500?]

Thanks for the quick reply.

What I did was I let it run down to 10%, turned it off, set the thresholds, then plugged the laptop into the power adaptor, and it ended up fully charging to 100%. Does it automatically charge to 100% if the computer is off?

How did you turn if off and then set the thresholds?


It should hold your settings while the computer is off, good question since I just asked it as well http://forum.notebookreview.com/show...20#post4206320 but I have never actually confirmed it myself. Maybe you didn't save it, or select the correct profile?

[eggfun]

Sorry, I meant that I set the thresholds first then turned it off. The settings are definitely saved as they were the same after I restarted the computer.

Not sure what's going on here...

[Arki]

The battery will never drain when it's plugged in. I thought the same thing too when I first bought my ThinkPad.

With your settings, it will only charge when your battery is under 60%. So for example, your battery has 50%, you plug it in, it will charge to 80% and stop. If you end up unplugging and plugging it back in somewhere between 60-80%, it won't charge because it will only start charging under 60%, hence its description.

Let your battery drain below 60%, plug it in, and then you'll see what I mean.

It's slightly confusing, I know. But it makes sense.

The battery thresholds are always on btw, so even when your battery is below 60% and you turn your computer off, then you go to plug it in, the battery will still charge to 80%.

[w500?]

Sorry, I meant that I set the thresholds first then turned it off. The settings are definitely saved as they were the same after I restarted the computer.

Not sure what's going on here...

hmmmm, not sure either. try again, maybe it's a fluke? good luck

[martinmach]

Hi,

I have set my custom charge thresholds to charge below 60% and to stop charging at 80%, however, the battery monitor/icon says the battery is charged fully at 100%. What's the deal here?

hey i am facing the same problem, i fixed my thresholds as 65 and 95. but it charges up to a full 100%. now if i discharge it to 97%, it wont charge to 100%. also the lower threshold is working perfectly. maybe the upper threshold is not working correctly inside the new power manager.

The battery will never drain when it's plugged in.

will the battery be still used when it is plugged in?

[jaredy]

hey i am facing the same problem, i fixed my thresholds as 65 and 95. but it charges up to a full 100%. now if i discharge it to 97%, it wont charge to 100%. also the lower threshold is working perfectly. maybe the upper threshold is not working correctly inside the new power manager.





will the battery be still used when it is plugged in?

No the battery does not charge if it is plugged in. It is plugged into AC it wouldn't need to use the battery as the power source.

[Andresin]

Just a guess. Maybe the battery charges up to the upper threshhold and that is displayed as 100%? If you unplug it does it show 100%?

The battery will drain very slowly even if not used irrespective of its being plugged in or not.