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From: dlow@pollux.svale.hp.com (Danny Low)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Re: Tosh battery life.
Message-ID: <5690012@pollux.svale.hp.com>
Date: 1 Feb 91 19:03:02 GMT
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Organization: HP Lovecraft Division
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>(Sehyeong Cho) 
>What is the "fully discharged state" ?  
>Can I possibly take it to absolute zero?
>"when the laptop doesn't function anymore" doesn't make sense
>to me (if not coincidence) since Nicads are not born for laptops.
>Any idea?

Absolute zero has some potential to harm a nicad depending on its design.
The best thing is to buy something like Battery Watch if your laptop
does not have something similar built it. Recharge when they say
the battery is low.

			   Danny Low
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