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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: Christian Trefzer <ctrefzer@gmx.de>
Cc: Jan Knutar <jk-lkml@sci.fi>,
	Pau Garcia i Quiles <pgquiles@elpauer.org>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [IDEA] Poor man's UPS
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 16:40:58 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1148312458.17376.54.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060522151303.GA4538@hermes.uziel.local>

> Guess the chosen terminology was a bit unlucky, with "completely" I
> meant in fact "completely, within the constraints implied by the
> technology used" ; ) So no deep discharge, but "as far as it gets
> without killing the battery".

Lead acid batteries should be kept well charged to avoid sulphation and
always full charged when recharging, preferably using a charger that
will do proper three step charging. "Cycling" a lead acid battery is a
great way to destroy it.

Alan


  reply	other threads:[~2006-05-22 15:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-05-21 19:31 [IDEA] Poor man's UPS Pau Garcia i Quiles
2006-05-21 19:38 ` Dave Jones
2006-05-21 19:46   ` Michael Buesch
2006-05-22  8:19     ` Avi Kivity
2006-05-22 10:54       ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-05-21 22:40 ` Christian Trefzer
2006-05-22 13:04   ` Jan Knutar
2006-05-22 13:29     ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-05-22 15:25       ` Christian Trefzer
2006-05-22 15:54         ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-05-22 19:34           ` Christian Trefzer
2006-05-22 15:13     ` Christian Trefzer
2006-05-22 15:40       ` Alan Cox [this message]
2006-05-22 15:48         ` Christian Trefzer
2006-05-22 16:15           ` Matthias Schniedermeyer
2006-05-22 19:40             ` Christian Trefzer
2006-05-22 19:45               ` Avi Kivity
2006-05-23  2:02                 ` Martin J. Bligh
2006-05-22 19:46               ` Nuri Jawad
2006-05-22 22:40                 ` Christian Trefzer
2006-05-22 17:05           ` Jeff V. Merkey
2006-05-21 23:02 ` Neil Brown
2006-05-22  0:08   ` Chris Wedgwood
2006-05-22  0:23     ` Neil Brown
2006-05-22  1:29       ` Björn Steinbrink
2006-05-22  1:44         ` Neil Brown
2006-05-22  9:29 ` Pavel Machek

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