[plug] Pet Hates

[Adam Davin]

Hello All,

On Sun, 03 Jul 2005 04:37:43 +0000
"simon" <simon at plumtek.com> wrote:

> Hi all
> 
> thought it would be fun to start a thread about technology based pet
> hates on a sleepy sunday.
> 
> One of mine is when people have laptops almost constantly plugged into
> mains, and never remove the battery. The poor thing is being charged
> for 90% of its life. 
*sheepish look* ... 

Err *puts hand up* .. that was me. Just got my battery repacked. I was
kind of heading along the "The batteries are only good for a certain
amount of recharges, so I should not use it too often." I plain forgot
about the fact that they do need cycling. I'm not sure why as I cycle my
mobile phone batteries regularly.

*sigh* 

Oh well, I now regularly charge and discharge whilst i am sitting at the
desk, or as suggested, remove the battery if I am going to be at the
desk for a while.. 

> Ofcourse the battery dies really quickly, and the
> typical response is 'oh, but its nickel metal hydroxy lithium doodah
> magic stuff, it doesnt develop a memory'.
> 
<snip>

I actually had a discussion similar to this with one of my clients. He
just bought a laptop and it pretty much stays plugged in. I mentioned
the fact that he might want to cycle it but he said that he was
guaranteed by the sales person (hardly normal?) that it would not
develop a memory. Not having looked into it, I was unable to really
offer any futher advise though I would be interested in others
experiences. 

Regards, 

-- 

Adam Davin
Byteme IT Services
Mob: 0422 893 898
Email: byteme-its at westnet.com.au