Best way to exercise battery?

New 17" MBP, New User, sure this has been asked before.
What level should the battery be routinely discharged to before a recharge?
This unit is usually plugged into AC in my motor-home, but I was curious about this question. I'm at 67% right now, so at what percentage left should I go back to AC to recharge?
Thanks for your input,
Treeman60
Mac Book Pro Mac OS X (10.4.8) EX Microsoft oem system builder

On a routing exercise I normally discharge my battery to anywhere between 40 and 60%. Discharging until it sleeps is not a good thing to do on a regular basis outside of a (no more than) monthly calibration.

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