Batteries wear out over time. One of the most wearing things on a battery, over the long term, is being “fully charged” (e.g. above 85%) for long periods of time.
This will set your system to stop charging once it reaches a certain percentage.
tlpFrom the TLP website:
TLP is a feature-rich command line utility for Linux, saving laptop battery power without the need to delve deeper into technical details.
To configure battery charge thresholds, take a look at /etc/tlp.conf,
specifically the START_CHARGE_THRESH_BAT0 and the STOP_CHARGE_THRESH_BAT0
variables.
From /etc/tlp.conf:
# Battery Care -- Charge thresholds
# Charging starts when the charge level is below the START_CHARGE_THRESH value
# when the charger is connected. It stops when the STOP_CHARGE_THRESH value is
# reached.
# Required hardware: Lenovo ThinkPads and select other laptop brands are driven
# via specific plugins, the actual support status is shown by tlp-stat -b.
# For more explanations and vendor specific details refer to
# https://linrunner.de/tlp/settings/battery.html
# Notes:
# - ThinkPads may require external kernel module(s), refer to the output of
# tlp-stat -b
# - Vendor specific parameter value ranges are shown by tlp-stat -b
# - If your hardware supports a start *and* a stop threshold, you must
# specify both, otherwise TLP will refuse to apply the single threshold
# - If your hardware supports only a stop threshold, set the start value to 0
# BAT0: Primary / Main / Internal battery (values in %)
# Note: also use for batteries BATC, BATT and CMB0
# Default: <none>
START_CHARGE_THRESH_BAT0=80
STOP_CHARGE_THRESH_BAT0=85
Once you’ve configured these variables, restart the tlp service to pick up
the changes:
systemctl restart tlp.service
And, of course, make sure the tlp service is enabled so it runs at startup:
systemctl enable tlp.service
systemd service/etc/systemd/system/battery-charge-threshold.service:
[Unit]
Description=Set the battery charge threshold
[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'echo 85 > /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_end_threshold'
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
/etc/systemd/system/battery-charge-threshold.path:
[Path]
PathExists=/sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_end_threshold
Unit=battery-charge-threshold.service
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
sudo systemctl enable --now battery-charge-threshold.service