This gets more and more bizarre !!
James wrote:
> The displayed state of charge is stored in the chip in the battery, and
> is maintained by the EC. The battery does not change it's own state of
> charge value.
and
> (If one discharges an XO battery outside the XO using a home lighting
> circuit, the displayed state of charge will be inconsistent. Persisting
> in this practice results in increasing inconsistency. Ceasing the
> practice results in decreasing inconsistency over several XO moderated
> charge and discharge cycles. The inconsistency results in forced
> power-down before the state of charge would suggest, manifesting as "my
> XO stops too soon".)
What I am now interested in is understanding a "correct" state of
charge value after having my battery out of the XO for one month.
[When I insert that battery and plug in the AC adapter, the 'power'
light is green, and the software pop-up says 94%. But I notice that
after an hour, the software pop-up *still* says 94%.]
I presume that when I merely "shut down" the XO, and leave it
sitting for two days with the battery still in the case: Then when
I again connect the XO to the AC adapter (and let it charge until
the 'power' light goes from yellow to green), I should be able to
trust that what the software pop-up says is accurate.
But when the software pop-up is between 90-96% (for a previously
out-of-case battery), and despite the AC adapter being plugged in
that value does not increase in an hour -- what ought I to do to
find the "state of charge" ?
mikus
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