Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!usc!apple!netcom!ergo From: ergo@netcom.UUCP (Isaac Rabinovitch) Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: T1000SE Recharging Times !? Message-ID: <13301@netcom.UUCP> Date: 13 Jun 90 17:11:34 GMT References: <1990Jun12.145839.29205@nixtdc.uucp> Organization: Netcom- The Bay Area's Public Access Unix System {408 241-9760 guest} Lines: 21 In danher@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de (Daniel Hernandez) writes: >My T1000SE's charging light always turns to green after at most two >and a half hours even though the manual and several reviews say it >should take approx. four hours! I have an older Toshiba whose battery takes longer to charge, but it sounds to me like you've misunderstood how the light works. The green light does *not* mean the battery is fully charged. It means that you have at least 20 minutes left on the battery (probably more than that on your newer model). The red light is only a warning that you'd better start saving your files. The only way to get a full charge is recharge for the recommended time. It's not all that hard -- just plug it in before you go to bed. But note that you should run down the battery all the way (to prevent "memory") every month or so. And you should leave the machine plugged in if you're not going to use it for a couple days. I forgot that last rule and it cost me a battery; especially vexing since it now appears that these NC rechargables last *forever* if you treat them right.