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Is there any software which can alert me when battery is 100 % ? I do not want to keep charging further causing battery damage. I use 16.04 LTS.

user227495
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    You may want to read this article, it seems that keeping the changer connected when charge reach 100% will not affect battery life. – bistoco Jul 07 '16 at 21:20
  • I think a slight modification of Serg's script at http://askubuntu.com/a/603322/15003 will work here. – edwinksl Jul 07 '16 at 21:22
  • I don't think keeping the charger in for a while at 100% does very much. If you keep it in all the time, then it can, but otherwise there's nothing permanent. – TheWanderer Jul 07 '16 at 21:50
  • I can write a different script that does notify the user, if you want. Let me know if the old version is OK, and if not - I can do new one. I can add sound or pop-up notification. – Sergiy Kolodyazhnyy Jul 07 '16 at 23:20

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You Dont Need To Be Notified. I have Dell laptop and I keep it plugged in all the time and I dont bother about the 100 %. Because the hardware has built-in safety against over charge. Furthermore upon wanderinig through internet, and through personal experience I've discovered that for long healthy battery life:

  • Once you unplug after a full charge let it dfrain upto atleast 60% before plugging it again. That also applies for battery level more than 60%.

  • let it drain to critical level atleast once in six months before plugging in.

  • A healthy battery gives Average of 2-7 hrs.

  • Average laptop battery life is 4 years max(that is alot).

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