Low battery and switch to outlet power message

Lately, I've been getting a low battery message which asks me to switch to outlet power - even when the outlet power is already plugged in.
Is there any way to "switch" to outlet power without taking out the battery?
My battery seems to charge better with my machine on - is this possible? For example, the battery did not charge overnight - don't know why. It was a 6% this morning. Left the machine for an hour and it was up to 81%. I've been using it for another hour and it is up to 95%
By the way, I'm in Egypt where the power surges are terrible. I don't know whether it is safer to run on just outlet power with a surge protector or on battery power. Any advice?
(Power surges have already taken out my CD player, coffee machine and iron even though these were all on low level surge protectors).
Message was edited by: kateinegypt

Hi Kate,
Unfortunately not. The switching of power between battery and DC is controlled by a chip on your motherboard. This allows for the current being passed to the battery for charging purposes to be adjusted as the battery charge level rises until the battery is fully charged whereupon the charge current will be shut off.
The actual charge state of the battery is detected by the chip when the notebook is connected to the DC supply, and this information is passed to the Power Management utility so that it can be displayed/monitored.
Running on just battery will only give you a relatively short period of use between charges (depending on what applications you are using) so may prove inconvenient.
I personally would run on mains supply (with the battery installed) and just keep on eye on the power icon in the system tray. Set a different colour for the power icon so that you can see if the unit has switched to battery power.
This way you will not be caught out by the battery running down unexpectedly.
Sorry that I can't offer a better solution.
HTH

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