Battery draining when plugged in

[VTBoy206]

Oh man! My battery is draining when the cord is plugged in. It is now only at 70%! What is wrong? Is there a way I can chat with a technician or something?

 

[jmann]

Well what are you doing with your computer anyways? You can also get apple care's number from Apple's website they might want you to take it to a genius bar at the apple store to get it checked out. 🙂

 

[VTBoy206]

I want to call them but I bought this in September and so it is out of the 3 months period. My computer's plugged in and everything. When I click on the icon (charged icon) it says battery is not charging, power source: power adapter, but only 69%.

 

[p.luik]

Press the button on the bottom and see what it says. Also, disconnect from the charger and check what it says. It may just be reading the battery incorrectly.

 

[VTBoy206]

so now basically plugging and unplugging just changes the "half-filled" battery icon to the "cord" icon. ugh!

 

[spinnerlys]

But the "cord" icon means, that the battery is charging, normally of course.

So doesn't it charge then, even with the "cord" icon being visible?

 

[VTBoy206]

The thing is it said battery not charging. I just shut down and restarted. Seems to have fixed everything. I wonder if I should bring this up with apple?

 

[miles01110]

Unless it happens again, I wouldn't bother.

 

[jmann]

The thing is it said battery not charging. I just shut down and restarted. Seems to have fixed everything. I wonder if I should bring this up with apple?

I wouldn't bother, unless it actually affected how full the battery could charge. But it looks like it's fixed now, so I wouldn't worry about it. 🙂