Full Charged 98%

[lucone83]

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]

how many charge cycles have you gone through already?

 

[stvfisher]

Calibrate your battery

 

[lucone83]

I have the MBA since the middle of July. No idea how many cycles!

Thank you very much!

 

[jampat]

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]

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]

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]

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]

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...