Hugo 11/24/2023

Setting a battery charge threshold

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This technical article explains how to prevent laptop battery degradation by limiting its maximum charge to 80% on Linux. It details the theory behind battery wear, provides specific commands to modify the `charge_stop_threshold` via the sysfs interface, and shows how to automate the setting on boot using an OpenRC startup script on Alpine Linux.

Setting a battery charge threshold

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