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"[...]especially knowing it can run on batteries for 10 hours (allegedly), without having a UPS." In my experience of trying the same, this is a swollen Li-Ion
by teejmya 6y ago
"[...]especially knowing it can run on batteries for 10 hours (allegedly), without having a UPS."
In my experience of trying the same, this is a swollen Li-Ion battery waiting to happen.
- ianai 6y agoSo unplug it ever few days for an hour?
- pletnes 6y agoOr use a timer, 0.5 h every night?
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoI don't know if it works on chromebook hardware, but some laptops let you manually control whether/when the battery is charging, ex. https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/48534/how-to-adjust-charging-thresholds-of-laptop-battery https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/48534/how-to-adjust...
- lsiebert 6y agoGiven that the monitor is a big part of power draw, it will probably last longer than that with the lid closed. Of course if you lose power, you probably lose the wifi router it's connected to anyway.
- freeqaz 6y agoI bought a few cheapo UPS units one time. They're only 2-prong (no ground) and the capacity is low. But they were like $20 each with "refurbished" batteries from the vendor. All of my routers are 2-prong so I have one unit for every router/switch/AP in my house. Actually really helpful and if I was running a Chromebook for a server like this, I could keep my services accessible remotely even if a short power outage happened!
- jankotek 6y agoYep, it is fire hazard.
- mcguire 6y agoEverything with a lithium ion battery is a potential fire hazard.
- Uberphallus 6y agoThere are kernel modules to float charge at 80% (or any %) and not stress the battery.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y agoIs there a generic way to do it now, or is it still hardware-specific? (Last time I looked I was on a thinkpad and using tp_smapi)