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lucone83
Sep 18, 2008, 02:25 PM
Hi everybody,

The icons says that the MBA is fully charged at 98%, it is not going further than that.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Luca



Heavenkittykat
Sep 18, 2008, 02:34 PM
how many charge cycles have you gone through already?

stvfisher
Sep 18, 2008, 02:39 PM
Calibrate your battery (http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1490)

lucone83
Sep 18, 2008, 03:04 PM
I have the MBA since the middle of July. No idea how many cycles!

Thank you very much!

jampat
Sep 18, 2008, 03:24 PM
It could just be between charge cycles too. I believe that the battery will not charge unless it is below 95% to avoid cooking it. When it drops below 95, it will try to charge itself to 100 again.

crazzyeddie
Sep 18, 2008, 11:36 PM
There must be 100 threads on this.... Its perfectly normal behavior. You don't need to calibrate your battery and don't force it to charge to 100% by draining it down again.

SFStateStudent
Sep 19, 2008, 01:04 AM
There must be 100 threads on this.... Its perfectly normal behavior. You don't need to calibrate your battery and don't force it to charge to 100% by draining it down again.

+1 I've never calibrated my MB, MBP, or MBA and the batteries have always stayed fully charged and never going below 98%, but that's me...

allmIne
Sep 19, 2008, 11:45 AM
It could just be between charge cycles too. I believe that the battery will not charge unless it is below 95% to avoid cooking it. When it drops below 95, it will try to charge itself to 100 again.

QFT. It'll trickle to 95, then charge, then trickle.

SFStateStudent
Sep 19, 2008, 02:14 PM
QFT. It'll trickle to 95, then charge, then trickle.

+1 I like that idea, but for me I try to stay near a power source as much as possible. That usually equates to low cycle count for me...