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My 15-year old panasonic toughbook is hanging in there as a proxmox server (lemmy.world)

submitted 3 months ago by early_riser@lemmy.world to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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A huge upshot to using a laptop is you have a built-in UPS and KVM.

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[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)

one should cap the battery at 70% or smth if keeping it connected 24/7

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 6 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I'm not sure that all laptops support capping, and I'm not sure if Panasonic ToughBook supports the drivers necessary to cap. I guess you could deploy TLP and check sudo tlp-stat -b

[–] hexagonwin@lemmy.today 2 points 3 months ago

it's not a toughbook and idk how to configure it but my letsnote cf-rz6 came with the battery charge capped at 80%, maybe it can be configured with their windows tool (or the acpi call made by that tool). i already have linux on it so can't check tho..

[–] FunnySalt@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

I have a PC that I use as a router. It's power setup is inverter > lifepo4 battery > battery charger. Relevance here is that it's a "dumb" setup insofar as the PC can't manage the battery.

What I did to help with battery health is figured out how long the battery should run the PC and have a scheduled disconnect of the mains power for about half that time once a day. Not as good a solution as something that can maintain a ~80% charge, but better than leaving it at 100%

It'd work for an old laptop too, and can be accomplished with a cheap aquarium light timer.

[–] irmadlad@lemmy.world 2 points 3 months ago

accomplished with a cheap aquarium light timer.

Love it man. Nice use of non relational equipment.