spooky$ ioreg -lw0 | grep Capacity | head -1 | \
perl -F',' -lane 's/.*{|}.*//,print for @F'
"Capacity"=932
"Amperage"=0
"Cycle Count"=590
"Current"=932
"Voltage"=16463
"Flags"=838860805
"AbsoluteMaxCapacity"=3600

No wonder my battery doesn’t last very long. Time to start saving for a new one.

16 February 2005
os10

“Capacity”=211 “Amperage”=0 “Cycle Count”=1135 “Current”=210 “Voltage”=16364 “Flags”=838860805 “AbsoluteMaxCapacity”=3600

tim17 February 2005

I had no idea that li-ion cells were manufactured in canada.

beth17 February 2005

tim: how long does your battery last?

grant17 February 2005

battery #2:

"Capacity"=431
"Amperage"=0
"Cycle Count"=592
"Current"=135
"Voltage"=16529
"Flags"=838860805
"AbsoluteMaxCapacity"=3600
grant19 February 2005

I get the low battery warning within minutes of unplugging, at something like 65%. The computer goes to sleep in about 20 minutes, depending on what I’m doing.

tim20 February 2005

new battery:

"Capacity"=3960
"Amperage"=18446744073709550493
"Cycle Count"=1
"Current"=3682
"Voltage"=15294
"Flags"=4
"AbsoluteMaxCapacity"=4400

Running it down now to calibrate it.

tim29 March 2005

From a new 15 alPB:

“Capacity”=4400 “Amperage”=931 “Cycle Count”=4 “Current”=4178 “Voltage”=12501 “Flags”=1090519047 “AbsoluteMaxCapacity”=4400

bforsyth29 March 2005

I thought I had calibrated my battery, but today it ran for a long time at 0%. New result:

"Capacity"=1245
"Amperage"=18446744073709550857
"Cycle Count"=598
"Current"=1215
"Voltage"=15180
"Flags"=4
"AbsoluteMaxCapacity"=3600

Better, but still crap.

grant29 March 2005