This behaviour is completely normal and based on the fact that the charging
control (and the display of the battery state) is based on the battery
voltage measurement only, limited by a overtemp indication.
The battery voltage may change quiet fast while the charging state does not.
In order to get a more precise picture of the charging state you need a
battery current measurement as well.
In order to have a simple solution, the battery voltage is measured only and
they do some tricks in the software to display a battery state which should
somehow reflect the actual charge on the battery.
Johannes
> -----Original Message-----
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> [mailto:newtontalk-bounce_at_newtontalk.net]On Behalf Of Philip Lord
> Sent: Tuesday, June 11, 2002 3:22 AM
> To: newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
> Subject: [NTLK] battery question
>
>
>
> why is it that when I am using power the charge can be
> 100 percent (for example), but when I plug in the
> power adaptor it suddenly says that that it charging
> but the charge is only 14 percent?
>
> If I unplug the adaptor it goes back to what it was
> before (eg. 100 percent).
>
> Phil
>
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