Mailinglist Archive: opensuse (3232 mails)

["Carlos E. R." <robin.listas@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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The Monday 2006-08-28 at 12:28 -0700, Carl William Spitzer IV wrote:

> Ditto this PII.  Don't know why i use it every day.  Would be nice if
> they learned to recharge them as a car does its battery when running.

They did. I have seen quite some PCs using rechargeable batteries for that 
task; but the typical PCB soldered NiCd has a limited self life before 
corroding quite similar to a watch battery... which is cheaper, easier to 
replace, and does not leak easily. Out goes rechargeables, not good for 
this use.

I would perhaps use a 1F capacitor - unless you power off your computer 
for long periods; I can't define "long", I have never tried it personally, 
they are not cheap.

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Cheers,
       Carlos E. R.

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