Power tips for beginner Manager

Hello

First, forgive my English. It is not my first language.

I am new to this forum and new in the world of Thinkpad. I went from Apple, and while I am fully satisfied with my Thinkpad L430, I'm a little overwhelmed by all these settings I can shape. Today I am learning to use Power Manager with skill, and I'm a bit confused.

I found this page, but the link of Power Manager does not work. I also found this post on Lifehacker with some advice and I read that some people set Power Manager to charge the battery at 80-90% and leave discharge up to 50-60% before it begins to charge the battery again.

Now, the those thresholds are the right ones? Because I found only little details here and there, I don't know if I'm missing something important.

Thank you very much.

Also try the site: forum.thinkpads.com for more information and discussions on the function of power manager. I put my battery in minimum load thresholds to 96% max (load stop) and 86% (to start the load) users say this avoids more load too "overflow" of the battery when the device is connected. This scheme works well on my ThinkPad W500 and my two shares of ThinkPad T60. My machines are almost always plugged, but I unplug and let flow the long battery one or twice a year to 'cycle' them.

Enjoy your ThinkPad and happy new year!

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