Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!rochester!cornell!vax8530!veby From: veby@vax5.cit.cornell.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: T1000SE Recharging Times !? Message-ID: <4254.26773be0@vax5.cit.cornell.edu> Date: 14 Jun 90 11:25:20 GMT References: Distribution: comp Lines: 28 ffIn article , 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! > Has somebody else observed something similar? Are the batteries fully > charged after 2,5 h (which would be great -- my usage pattern is too > irregular to be able to tell from the resulting operating times...)? > Or is the light broken? > This seems to be important, since the batteries are supposed to live > longer and work best when regularly used in a ``completely-charge -- > completely discharge'' cycle. > -- > Daniel Hernandez Inst. f. Informatik, Technische Universit"at M"unchen > Arcisstr. 21, 8000 Munich 2, Fed. Rep. of Germany > E-Mail (preferred): danher@lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de > UUCP: danher@tumult.{uucp|informatik.tu-muenchen.de} BITNET: danher at dmotui1s Nicad batteries can develop a "memory" .. try taking the pack out and dischage it by attacing a load across it. Then reinstall and check charge time. Some folks have two packs and do this regularly. It seems to extend the life of the battery packs. h