Battery use and maintenance
shawn sullivan
shelbydz at gmail.com
Fri Jul 18 15:06:29 CEST 2008
It appears that the batteries that came w/ the Freerunner are Lithium.
These are much better at not developing a memory than the Nickle based
batteries.
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but you probably don't have to worry
about charging while developing.
. . .shawn
C R McClenaghan wrote:
> I would like some information about recommendations on how to use and
> maintain the Freerunner's battery.
>
> I did not find anything explicit on the wiki. The following link is a
> good general resource that you may find useful:
>
> http://www.batteryuniversity.com/
>
> in particular, this section:
>
> http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-21.htm.
>
> My particular concern is the dual purpose of the usb cable as power and
> network. The recommendation seems to be to _not_ trickle charge once the
> battery is fully charged to provide better battery life. Doing
> development with the usb cable attached seems to put the device usage
> against this recommendation. What is OpenMoko's recommendation? Is there
> a way to automatically or manually stop/start/restart charging to avoid
> this situation and thus extend battery life? Is there a better way to
> manage the battery maintenance? Are there other usage areas for which
> advice exists (for example, the well documented "don't fully discharge")?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Chris
>
>
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