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featherwhisker

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Nov 3, 2024
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I recelled my battery but I have one issue: The charger goes from green to orange over and over after charging for ~10 minutes. It will charge from 30%-68% and will go completely dead at 29%. I think this is a calibration issue. How can I recalibrate the battery? I don't think its clocking a full "cycle" since running it flat a 2 times didn't seem to fix this. It took 5 hours to get to 68% and its idling there.
 
Alright I think I found the issue
I apparently forgot to replace the 2 extra cells the 14 inch ibook has
Because of this, its limited to 29-68% charge until i can be bothered to replace those with more DELL battery cells
probably a few days since Li-Ion batteries care me and the only issue SEEMS to be uneven degradation, if it wasnt the battery would have burst into flames by now I'd assume.
 
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nevermind! after using it until it died a few times it actually runs to 0% now and I am confused
and it did go to 62% the time it did but now its struggling to go past 46% (prior to this it struggled to go past 56)
 
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