On Wednesday, Oct 9, 2002, at 10:26 US/Eastern, Jim Freeman wrote:
> Last night I started working on my Pismo unplugged > and characteristically I got the warning message after about 20 min. I > decided to let it go and see how long before it would sleep itself. > After another five minutes the gauge read 0%, but it didn't shut off. I > ended up putting my Pismo down and going to bed after a total of about > 45 min. In the morning it was indeed asleep, but I don't know how long > it lasted. Mine seems to be a lot worse. I get that warning with 25% or so left and then it drops _very_ quickly. It seems like it is asleep 5 minutes after the warning if I don't hurry up and plug it in. The battery loses 20-25% just being asleep over night, which is about all it is good for. I bought a new battery which I save for special occasions (I lacked the foresight to extend my AppleCare :( ) > > I haven't had a chance to test if letting it run out has improved my > battery life, but I thought Pismo batteries didn't work this way. They don't, it's NiCad batteries which have that "memory" effect. > > If I'm getting a total of about an hour just running Omniweb and Mail > with an airport card, is this normal or is my battery bad enough to ask > Apple to replace it? There's no harm trying. It seems like I get about 3 hours or so out of the brand new one. Having the modem on seems to drain the battery pretty fast. Whenever I can, I turn my backlight down (or off). When taking class notes last spring, I generally had the backlight barely on, since the florescent lights in the classroom helped to light it up! HTH, GmG PowerBook G3 Firewire 400 OS 10.2 1GB 40GB No Airport :( -- G-Books is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- Check our web site for refurbished PowerBooks | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-Books list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-books.html> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-books%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
