OT: Weird Laptop Battery Problem

Thu Oct 6 14:48:21 UTC 2011

On Thu, Oct 06, 2011 at 12:02:07AM -0400, Alejandro Imass wrote:
> Apparently if you drain the newer Lithium-ion to zero they simply die
> and can't even be re-charged. This happened to me with a relatively
> new external (and quite expensive) APC battery. The guys at APC said
> it was because I left it uncharged for a few hours and it was exactly
> what happened! I drained it whilst working on a plane and forgot to
> charge it that night. Next day: dead.

What kind of APC battery?

APC UPS batteries are lead acid and certainly don't have any such issue.

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