take it out? If the latter please what is the >best way to dispose of a dead LiOn battery? >>Many thanks, Peter. As long as the laptop is not continually trying to charge the battery it should be safe to leave it in. -- Tom in Lower Hutt Archived...

for more than 2 hours each. Leaving the battery in place when the laptop is primarily and consistently run on AC is bad advice whose probable consequence will be to "throw away" 50% to 80% of the life of a $200 battery. About 2 years ago, in this...

management circuit, this should never happen as the charge should reduce to a trickle when the battery is fully charged. Note: that if your laptop has a Li-ion type battery, you can leave it connected and on AC power permanently. If this type of battery...

arose, I believe, because I always used the lap-top with the power supply. The problem now is that trying to use it on battery it is always telling me the battery is low. I try and discharge the battery by leaving the machine on until it runs the battery...

that does eventually seem to > charge the battery up. I've read that it's best to just leave the camera > on the dock when not in use and use it every few days. If I go through the > on-off-on ordeal to get the battery charged and then leave the camera...

leave them in >>when not in use. >>> Really? I read something once that said if the power goes out while you have >batteries in a charger, it will cause problems when the power comes back. > That's why I only leave my batteries in the charger...

included with the camera is supposed to charge the >battery in 2 hours, then the green light goes off. Is it safe to >leave the battery in the charger at this point (for instance > overnight) or must it be removed promptly? The instructions say > nothing...

you leave the bad battery installed. If you -- REALLY -- worry about the case flexing without the battery 'filler'(then you should have got a better laptop), split open the battery, cut all the leads, pry out the insides, tape the shell back together...

low battery light comes on. The camera at this stage will auto shutdown believing the batteries are low. I was only testing out the camera and maybe only took max 15-20 frames leaving the LCD screen on. I did leave the batteries in the camera. The same thing...

ways of doing things. i just bought a battery charger and a bunch of 9v batteries because i go through them like mad with all my gear. i hope to never buy another battery. anyway, i wanted to spread the word to other musicians in case you're tired of spending...