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Decky Power Tools already offers this, and I believe there's a desktop setting for it as well. Still very nice to have though.

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[–] Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 points 9 months ago (2 children)

That's how all rechargeable batteries work isn't it? If I understand correctly, there's no such thing as 100% because it would break it.

Is the change here that they're letting the user set the limit?

[–] isolatedscotch@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 9 months ago

not quite, there is a 100% and there is a true 0%, but going above 4.2V or below 3.7V damages the battery's capacity incredibly fast, so it's better to avoid those by setting 100% to 4.2 and 0% to 3.7 (also because that's the interval where most of the energy is stored) (Talking about Li-ion here)

[–] filcuk@lemmy.zip 6 points 9 months ago

Yes, but this allows user to define lower limit, which further prolongs the battery life.
I want to be able to control whether it charges up to 75, 90 or 100 of the available capacity.