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the battery icon says 96% available plugged in, not charging?

Anonymous
2013-04-15T07:06:12+00:00

what does it mean when it says plugged in,not charging?

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-04-15T07:29:45+00:00

    Battery does not charge full time.  If it did it would constantly generate heat & waste on your power bill and prematurely age the battery after it reached max charge level.

    Charges up to its maximum capacity then charging stops & waits for the battery to drop down to some predefined level,, on mine its like  5 or 10% less than 100% before charging up to max capacity again.   Actually my Lenovo is mostly on a/c and the battery is set for max life and it only charges to 50% -- then when it drops below 45% it charges back to 50%.

    If battery has some age/use on it,  it may not  charge up to 100% capacity as it did when new.

    If charge calibration is not perfect it may not ever show 100% capacity too.

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