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#73
Originally Posted by j.s View Post
I've written a short perl script to monitor battery drain. It will also monitor charging, but not many battery items get updated during charging. The script logs the battery parameters once per minute on the minute. Ten minutes might be better. The stepsize available from the system is
pretty coarse, so it is only good for extended perioids of stable average power draw. (e.g. wifi on for an hour, all radios off for an hour, etc.)
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I used your script to monitor battery usage today.

Took it off the charget at 7AM when my alarm rang.

About my usage
  • MSN Butterfly
  • Gtalk
  • Skype
  • GPS off
  • WiFi search interval 60 min (no Wifi usage though)
  • Constant 3g connection, full bars through the whole day
  • Surfed on the net using 3g during the 30min commute to work and during the commute home. Also listened to music
  • Sent a few emails during the day

I'll make a more scientific graph tomorrow with MSN off and wifi to never.