Battery And Energy Settings

From what I am reading here a 99% charge is normal after charging fully overnight? I've had my system for over two weeks and only let it once drain completely. Sometimes I fully charge it when it's between 6-20%. In the begining it would show a complete 100% charge. Can anyone confirm?
Also, I noticed that anytime after I reboot my system, the lock icon on the Energy settings is open even though I locked it before the shut down. I do have my energy settings set for custom, would that cause that to happen?

Hi MrBlonde,
"When I booted it up that is when it said 99%. Still normal? "
This depends on your definition of normal.
With OS 10.4 came the charger/battery issues. One of the causes for failures that I had noticed (G4s, MBs and MBPs) and reported quite frequently (numerous replacements) was that the battery would remain charging for hours or days while at 99% "Calculating Until Full" melting the chargers and overcharging the battery. The only thing that would prevent this was to open and close Energy Saver (no changes) or unplug and re-plug to get it to acknowledge it was fully charged. It appears that the battery update has made it so the charger switches to power-mode when it is at 99% for a few minutes.
My opinion is that what you are experiencing is now "normal", however, not correct.
In System Preferences > Security > Require a password to unlock each secure system preference. Check this and see what happens. If the pref still opens in an unlocked state report it to [email protected]
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