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A device that could pause and resume laptop charging at specific battery level set by the user.

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e14 Contributor over 11 years ago

Hello

 

This is my first post.

I just registered on this site to suggest this idea of mine. I am not sure whether its already been mentioned or not so please bear with me...

 

I was hoping if there could be a device that could automatically stop the battery charging process of laptop once it reaches 99% and once the battery level goes down about 10% it resumes the charging. I have thought of this myself of how to accomplish this. There could be some driver software that could monitor the battery levels using the api, and that driver software controls some external device that could turn on and off the power supply of the laptop.

I hope you must have got the idea about what i am trying to say here...

 

The purpose of making this is simple, laptop batteries shouldn't be overcharged, it only decreases its backup time and efficiency. My laptop runs mostly all the time. At first i tried it by simply removing the battery and run it all on AC power, but there are power cuts here and i cannot afford my laptop to turn of directly. so the basic idea is that i make something like this to solve the issue. So i am asking again is this possible to build a device like this????

 

Regards!!!

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  • william_hoffer
    william_hoffer over 11 years ago +1
    Most laptops already have this. Its called a charge controller. I think its been in use for the last 8 or 9 years. Reason allot of laptops are using batteries that if overcharge will either catch fire…
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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 11 years ago

    A discussion on a similar question occurred a while back.

    I've seen people even remove their laptop battery while running from mains power, but it's unnecessary - the internal charger will stop charging when it knows the battery is charged. If it didn't, the battery would explode.

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  • shabaz
    shabaz over 11 years ago

    A discussion on a similar question occurred a while back.

    I've seen people even remove their laptop battery while running from mains power, but it's unnecessary - the internal charger will stop charging when it knows the battery is charged. If it didn't, the battery would explode.

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