Laptop battery useage

[Ronnie Gauthier]

On Sat, 3 Jun 2006 10:50:26 -0400
Bruce Marshall <bmarsh at bmarsh.com> wrote:

> On Saturday 03 June 2006 09:21, Michael Hipp wrote:
> > > From: "Ronnie Gauthier" <ronnieg at chartermi.net>
> > >
> > > "Michael Hipp" <michael at hipp.com> wrote:
> > > > Generally on Nicad and NiMH batteries it is best to do a full discharge
> > > > once and a while. Helps prevent that so-called "memory effect".
> > >
> > > Have you ever seen a battery take a memory set outside of an industrial
> > > setting?
> >
> > Yes. Frequently. Almost predictably. The old Nicads were especially bad
> > about this, NiMH seems quite a bit more forgiving.
> >
> 
> This report says they couldn't reproduce a memory effect in a test.
> 
> http://www.repairfaq.org/ELE/F_NiCd_Memory.html
> 
> 
> 
> This report says memory effect is a big problem....
> 
> http://www.zbattery.com/memoryeffect.html
> 
>

I think they say the same thing. It not a memory problem but a user caused problem
related to charging habits. Just exactly what I have been trying to stress. It's
all how you treat your battery that determines it useful life span.

Ronnie