This question seems kind of far-fetched, but I have to ask nevertheless, especially considering the prevalence of Li-ion batteries being prone to damage (including swelling) or failure, when left plugged in to a charger at maximum charge for extended periods of time.
Also, considering the strategy of both phones and hybrid/plug-in Li-ion batteries in cars running a “fast charge” to a “mostly charged” state, this got me to thinking about third-party hardware controllers for components like fans (like G4fancontrol/MacsFanControl/iStat Menu) and pondering whether any such means to control the charge of a battery on a laptop has ever existed (or, for that matter, ever been tried).
I say this as I shop for replacement batteries for a few of my laptops, both PPC (the PowerBooks) and Intel (a couple of MacBook Pros).
I realized it would be handy to, say, be able to set a custom charging regime for which the usual (re-)charging would halt at, say, 80 per cent (or some other custom threshold), followed by a kind of intermittent charging (on five minutes, off for ten, repeat) above that threshold, as a way to maximize a battery’s longevity and health.
Has anything like this ever existed? Nothing comes to mind, and a few broad searches didn’t turn up anything, either. At this point, I ask more as an idle curiosity than anything urgent.
Also, considering the strategy of both phones and hybrid/plug-in Li-ion batteries in cars running a “fast charge” to a “mostly charged” state, this got me to thinking about third-party hardware controllers for components like fans (like G4fancontrol/MacsFanControl/iStat Menu) and pondering whether any such means to control the charge of a battery on a laptop has ever existed (or, for that matter, ever been tried).
I say this as I shop for replacement batteries for a few of my laptops, both PPC (the PowerBooks) and Intel (a couple of MacBook Pros).
I realized it would be handy to, say, be able to set a custom charging regime for which the usual (re-)charging would halt at, say, 80 per cent (or some other custom threshold), followed by a kind of intermittent charging (on five minutes, off for ten, repeat) above that threshold, as a way to maximize a battery’s longevity and health.
Has anything like this ever existed? Nothing comes to mind, and a few broad searches didn’t turn up anything, either. At this point, I ask more as an idle curiosity than anything urgent.