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how to control battery charge level on a laptop
I recently replaced the battery in my HP Pavilion 15au123cl laptop.
My suspicion is that the original battery was being dangerously
overcharged. I don't want that to happen again.
With the brand new battery, `envstat -d acpibat0` says:
Current CritMax WarnMax WarnMin CritMin Unit
present: TRUE
design voltage: 7.700 V
voltage: 8.669 V
design cap: 5.376 Ah
last full cap: 5.376 Ah
charge: 5.376 12.091% 7.068% Ah (100.00%)
charge rate: N/A
discharge rate: N/A
charging: FALSE
charge state: NORMAL
Few questions:
1) design capacity is said to be 5.376Ah, but written directly on the
battery is 7.7V, 41Wh (=~5.324Ah) and nominal 5350mAh. While small, the
battery is being overcharged to 5.376Ah (101%). Is there a way to
correct the design capacity to 5.324Ah, and force the machine to keep
the charge no higher than 5.324Ah?
2) the CritMax and WarnMax entries are blank. Is there a way to
inform the machine of these parameters, and issue a warning and stop
charging the machine until the issue is resolved?
3) the WarnMin and CritMin for charge are 12.091% and 7.068%. What
actions are taken, if any, when these levels are reached?
Unless there is some way to control the battery charge level, I think
I will have to take the battery out and connect the adapter to a ups,
since I use the PC remotely, and can't keep an eye on it constantly.
Thanks for any advice.
Henry
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