There have been a few posts about this in the "TB3 Dock for 2016 15" MBP" thread, but wanted to get a more definitive answer, if possible.
Is it ok for battery health / longevity of the MBP, to trickle charge via an under-powered dock? I have the 13" 2016 tbMBP, and the CalDigit TS3 Lite. I'm very happy with the dock, and knew it only provided 15W pass-through charging for the MBP when I bought it (and thus doesn't advertise itself as laptop-charging).
I use my MBP primarily in closed-clamshell mode, with a 27" LG 4K monitor (via DisplayPort), and only connection out of my MBP is via TB3 to the dock. I am totally fine with the fact that when I use my MBP somewhat heavily, the battery discharges slowly. Given I leave it plugged in the majority of the day/night, it always gets back up to 100% eventually when I'm not using it. I'm totally happy with it, and like that I can use the dock effectively as a 1-cable solution. My only concern is whether this use will at all hurt the health / longevity of my MBP's battery? Anyone have some good info on this? Thanks
Is it ok for battery health / longevity of the MBP, to trickle charge via an under-powered dock? I have the 13" 2016 tbMBP, and the CalDigit TS3 Lite. I'm very happy with the dock, and knew it only provided 15W pass-through charging for the MBP when I bought it (and thus doesn't advertise itself as laptop-charging).
I use my MBP primarily in closed-clamshell mode, with a 27" LG 4K monitor (via DisplayPort), and only connection out of my MBP is via TB3 to the dock. I am totally fine with the fact that when I use my MBP somewhat heavily, the battery discharges slowly. Given I leave it plugged in the majority of the day/night, it always gets back up to 100% eventually when I'm not using it. I'm totally happy with it, and like that I can use the dock effectively as a 1-cable solution. My only concern is whether this use will at all hurt the health / longevity of my MBP's battery? Anyone have some good info on this? Thanks