power consumption after shutdown

[Martin Langhoff]

On Sun, Feb 15, 2009 at 6:36 PM, Mikus Grinbergs <mikus at bga.com> wrote:
> I was under the impression that when the battery charge went
> somewhere below about 97%, the XO would "charge it some more".
> So I was surprised to have it stay at 94%.   [If 94% being shown on
> the pop-up is not low enough for "charging some more", then how can
> I initiate charging being performed by the XO ?]

It probably is trying to charge it, but batteries are chemical mixes, so

 - there is no real 100% or 0% - the software is handwaving to some extent...

 - the charge and performance of the battery changes with many
variables, and generally degrades with use

so I have many batteries that after some use I only see reported as
"95% charged". Even if they get more "charge", the battery doesn't
hold it. Or perhaps the software estimated the capacity a bit too
high.

In short, the % you see is a fiction, a bad simplification. This is
increasingly apparent as you use older batteries, and in general as
you gain experience with different batteries...


m