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[Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/18/2013 11:10 PM, Lars Noodén wrote:
> On 11/18/2013 11:07 PM, Phill Whiteside wrote:
>>
>> On 18 November 2013 20:53, Lars Noodén <lars.nooden@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>>> Is Lubuntu safe for laptop batteries?  I got a notice a while ago that
>>> the battery was charging even though it hadn't been unplugged today.  I
>>> also notice that the battery icon went from fully charged (96%) down to
>>> (95%)
>>>
>>> Loading acpi and running 'acpi -V' I see that capacity went from 5040 to
>>> 5039 during the last hour or two:
>>>
>>>  Battery 0: design capacity 5573 mAh, last full capacity 5040 mAh = 90%
>>>
>>>  Battery 0: design capacity 5573 mAh, last full capacity 5039 mAh = 90%
>>>
>>> Is there any way to check up on this?  Is Unity safer?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> /Lars
>>>
>> Hi Lars,
>>
>> mine doesn't spend too long unplugged from the power. But when I do run it
>> on battery it behaves as expected. I do have a nearly new battery in
>> piglet, as the other couldn't hold a charge (it was a mis-used windows
>> machine in its previous life). I've certainly no problems getting an hour
>> out of running at full power (no dim screen etc).
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Phill. 
>> 
>>
> Ok.  Thanks.  I've added some logging to watch things as well.
> 
> However, when running off battery, it really goes quickly.  I get
> somewhere between 2 and 3 hours, so less than half OS X on the same
> hardware.
> 
> Regards,
> /Lars

What about when it plugged in?  Does "last full capacity" hold steady
day or decline over the day(s) ?

Mine's now down today from yesterday.

  Battery 0: design capacity 5513 mAh, last full capacity 4984 mAh = 90%

That is an excertp from "acpi -V"

Regards,
/Lars