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Control Charging Thresholds for Thinkpad T470
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TP T470 Charging Threshold

Method 1 - COMM Package

install necessary packages

sudo pacman -S tpacpi-bat

modify config file

sudo nvim /etc/conf.d/tpacpi

# modify the values of start and stop threshold a number between 1-99
BATTERY="0"
START_THRESHOLD="40"
STOP_THRESHOLD="80"

enable the service

sudo systemctl enable tpacpi-bat

Method 2 - AUR Package

install necessary packages

sudo yay -S tp-battery-mode

modify config file

sudo nvim /etc/tp-battery-mode.conf

# modify the following values to your liking
START_THRESHOLD=85
STOP_THRESHOLD=90

enable the service

sudo systemctl start tp-battery-mode

sources:

https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Tpacpi-bat https://github.com/teleshoes/tpacpi-bat https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Tp-battery-mode

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