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Battery Calibrated Wrong On New Macbook Pro?
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<blockquote data-quote="bobtomay" data-source="post: 959650" data-attributes="member: 24160"><p>Let me state first, I do not by any stretch of the imagination use best practices related to the batteries in our computers. I am a believer in using my computers the way I want to use them while just keeping in mind what are the recommended "best practices".</p><p></p><p>Based only on my own experience, no science behind it - the only time I am currently recommending more than once a month is when your 'Current Battery Capacity' vs. 'Original Battery Capacity' has gone down to an unacceptable level. Unacceptable for me is something less than 80%.</p><p></p><p>I've allowed my current battery to get down as low as 65%, then did the calibration once a week for 3 or 4 weeks which brought it back up to around 92%. That was about 3 months ago. It has not been calibrated since and is still at 88%. This battery is about 18 months old. My first battery was replaced after 18 months due to it lasting only a little over an hour. It was never calibrated a single time.</p><p></p><p>The battery in our MB (about 30 months old) stays plugged into power basically 100% of the time. It has been calibrated one time, period, about 3 months ago, and currently sits at 103% of original capacity. It took over 4 hours for that thing to go to sleep on it's own when I calibrated it that time.</p><p></p><p>(To check your battery - the most used app is Coconut Battery.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="bobtomay, post: 959650, member: 24160"] Let me state first, I do not by any stretch of the imagination use best practices related to the batteries in our computers. I am a believer in using my computers the way I want to use them while just keeping in mind what are the recommended "best practices". Based only on my own experience, no science behind it - the only time I am currently recommending more than once a month is when your 'Current Battery Capacity' vs. 'Original Battery Capacity' has gone down to an unacceptable level. Unacceptable for me is something less than 80%. I've allowed my current battery to get down as low as 65%, then did the calibration once a week for 3 or 4 weeks which brought it back up to around 92%. That was about 3 months ago. It has not been calibrated since and is still at 88%. This battery is about 18 months old. My first battery was replaced after 18 months due to it lasting only a little over an hour. It was never calibrated a single time. The battery in our MB (about 30 months old) stays plugged into power basically 100% of the time. It has been calibrated one time, period, about 3 months ago, and currently sits at 103% of original capacity. It took over 4 hours for that thing to go to sleep on it's own when I calibrated it that time. (To check your battery - the most used app is Coconut Battery.) [/QUOTE]
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