Re: battery charging question

2003-03-14 Thread Malcolm Cornelius
on 14/03/03 03:46, A. Dishinger at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First time I put the battery in for about 4 hours, it looked like it was charged, and then I ran on battery power until it shut down. It took less than 10 minutes. Initial charge of the battery should be 18 hours plus IIRC I've

battery charging question

2003-03-13 Thread A. Dishinger
Hi, all, I happily received a new replacement battery for my 1400cs this week and I am having some trouble charging it. I know that it can take a couple of times of charging, discharging and recharging for it to reach full capacity. I'll describe problems below and try to be brief. I apologize

Re: battery charging question

2003-03-13 Thread A. Dishinger
Hey Dana et. al., Yes, fortunately, I just received it and the battery has a year warranty, so if this turns out to be a big waste of my time I can return it. Whew! I am being patient with the process... Every time I put the new battery back in to charge I am getting more white bars at first...

Re: battery charging question

2003-03-13 Thread Dana Collins
or advice on using their product? Best regards, Dana From: A. Dishinger [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PowerBooks) Date: Thu, 13 Mar 2003 22:49:15 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (PowerBooks) Subject: Re: battery charging question Hey Dana et. al., Yes, fortunately, I just

Re: battery charging question

2003-03-13 Thread John Smith
Hello, I'm a little confused with your problem... I have 'white bars' appear in the control strip when the battery is less than completely full, and when I first plug a battery in, it is completely white, then quickly turns to grey, once it realises the battery is charged (I think the OS assumes