Hello,
I just found out about TLP - a module to download with apt, which is a good utility for maintaining the laptop battery. You can set a minimum charge value, and a maximum charge value. But it is not sufficient for my use case. My question is - is there any utility I can use to discharge the battery WHILE connected to AC?
The reason behind this is: I want to use the solar power during the day to charge up the battery to 80 or 90% and then discharge the battery in the evening to 15-20%. Afterwards use AC power again. The solar energy during mid-day is cheaper and available in abundance.
On a big level with many computers this could make a good impact on the energy network, or am I wrong?
modern laptops are like 8w right? it’s probably a few orders of magnitude lower than the power consumption of your appliances
The converter says “Output: 65W” So it would be something, and a good place to start as the battery is there anyway and is plugged in all the time too, anyway.
That’s the absolute maximum output, a typical laptop uses more like 2-6W while running.
Plus cycling the battery like that will wear it out faster, and they’re generally only rated for 500 or so cycles.
I think most laptops get thrown away before the battery is dead. In my case, I could just throw the battery to the recycling yard and go on without battery. As I already told, the laptop is plugged in 24/7.