It’s 61Wh when you need it.
And its lifespan is fine if you’re not abusing the hell out of it. Sorry, but holding li-ions at 100% 24/7, day after day, is very hard on them. And that’s how all li-ions are.
I limit charge when plugged in for an extended time on all my devices.
For android, there is Advanced Charging Controller App (AccA) which offers options to dial back the charging rate as well, when you don’t need fast-charging, or optionally when battery temperature is over a configurable threshold.
It has schedule options too. For example, if you plug in your phone before going to sleep, as most do, you can create profiles to have it at 100% right when you wake, without the normal fast-charging & holding at 100% all night. Avoiding all that unnecessary battery stress. Instead it can slow-charge to a limit you set, holding that during the night. Then, shortly before morning, contiune charging right up to 100%, just in time for you to wake & take it off the charger. You have both 100% and you’ve prolonged the useful life of your battery. No downside.
According to Framework the wear occurs when the battery sits at 100% for over 5 consecutive days. They are producing a software update to automatically reduce the cap after 5 days, however in the meantime they suggest that the people regularly leaving it plugged in for 5 days straight can just apply that cap all the time.
If I read (and understood) Framework’s post correctly and accurately: No, there’s no explicit mention of the relationship between “occur” and “over 5 consecutive days”.
The “5 days” is a newly implemented software behaviour, not the battery’s own behaviour of the occurrence of the issue.
If we go with what you said " wear occurs when the battery sits at 100% for over 5 consecutive days" That means, by the time the newly implemented behaviour kicks on on the start of the 6th day, then the wear has already occurred. (If we were to nitpick, yes, wears occur regardless of whether you use the battery or not, it wears just by sitting there).
I can clarify here. The damage happens to the battery if it is held close to 100% over one year.
There is no issue holding it at 100% for 5 days. We just have a 5 day threshold to lower the max state of charge, so that you can accumulate a lot of additional time at a lower charge threshold to extend the overall lifespan of the battery well beyond one year.
If I’m reading it right: If I buy a 61Wh battery today, I would get a 2-year warranty with it by default, because Framework isn’t shipping new firmware for ‘all’ FL13 generations right away.
“61Wh batteries purchased in the Framework Marketplace prior to the firmware update being available for all Framework Laptop 13 generations.”
Can you clarify what “being available” means? Available as beta, or as non-beta Release?
The same thing happened to my battery, I have contacted support and so far they have not asked me if my laptop is plugged lots of days in a row (although it is).
Some feedback, after 3 emails exchange support has not confirmed that they will be replacing the battery. I guess that they will but they have not confirmed it yet.
