and it would work fine. Though in practice, the magsafe connector wasn't cat- or human proof meaning when one of those gets as much as near the cable it's byeb

and it would work fine. Though in practice, the magsafe connector wasn't cat- or human proof meaning when one of those gets as much as near the cable it's byebye unsaved work and in worst case byebye boot because of a messed up system. I ended up taping the connector to the laptop to avoid that. As to why I'd run without a battery: it was swollen.