Battery Pack Characteristics - Acer AcerNote 950 User Manual

Do not expose battery packs to temperatures below 0ºC (32ºF)
or above 60ºC (140ºF). This may adversely affect the battery
pack.
Currently, there is no defined standard for measuring battery life. Several
factors have made it almost impossible to compare the battery life of
different notebooks based on specifications alone. These factors include
different implementations
applications in use, the user's "usage pattern", hard disk capacity and access
frequency, LCD size and brightness, system form factor and weight.
If the system is to be stored for more than two weeks, we
suggest that you remove the battery pack. Battery power (from
a fully charged battery pack) depletes in roughly ten days with
the notebook in standby mode. When the power switch is off,
battery power depletes in one month.
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Battery Pack Characteristics

The battery pack has the following characteristics:
Battery pack self-discharge Battery packs self-discharge slowly, which
may result in a low battery power condition after being stored for weeks.
Memory effect This is a phenomenon wherein charging finishes in one-
third the normal charge time. This leaves the battery pack not fully
charged due to inactive status after over-charging or long-term aging.
This situation can usually be improved by conditioning the battery pack
three times or more. Please refer to section 2.4.2 for details on how to
condition the battery pack.
Battery-low indicator (icon) When the battery level becomes low, the
battery-low icon (
that the battery power is critically low. You can correct this situation by
recharging the battery pack.
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of power saving/management
) on the status LCD appears. This informs the user
systems,
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