Battery cycling and management

1. A method, comprising:

setting a battery pack, in an information handling device having two or more battery packs, as a priority battery pack;

charging and discharging the priority battery pack and maintaining one or more other battery packs in an idle state;

ascertaining if the priority battery pack satisfies one or more conditions; and

in response to the priority battery pack satisfying the one or more conditions, setting one of the one or more other battery packs to be the priority battery pack and maintaining the remaining battery packs in an idle state;

wherein the priority battery pack is prioritized in terms of charging and discharging.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more conditions comprise charging/discharging for a predetermined number of cycles.

3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more conditions comprise a predetermined time as a priority battery pack.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more conditions comprise a remaining capacity of a currently prioritized battery pack.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the one or more conditions comprise a capacity of a currently prioritized battery pack.

6. The method of claim 1 , further comprising:

during the charging and discharging of the priority battery pack and maintaining one or more other battery packs in an idle state, intermittently using one of the one or more other battery packs.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein intermittently using one of the one or more other battery packs comprises charging and discharging one of the one or more other battery packs about once per twenty charge/discharge cycles.

8. The method of claim 1 , further comprising determining that one of the two or more battery packs has been newly installed.

9. The method of claim 8 , further comprising setting the newly installed battery pack to be the priority battery pack for a predetermined period.

10. The method of claim 9 , wherein the predetermined period comprises a predetermined number of cycles.

11. The method of claim 10 , wherein the predetermined number of cycles is dynamically modified to level the newly installed battery pack with one or more other battery packs.

12. An information handling device, comprising:

two or more battery packs;

one or more processors; and

a memory operatively coupled to the one or more processors that stores instructions executable by the one or more processors to perform acts comprising:

setting a battery pack of the two or more battery packs as a priority battery pack;

charging and discharging the priority battery pack and maintaining one or more other battery packs in an idle state;

ascertaining if the priority battery pack satisfies one or more conditions; and

in response to the priority battery pack satisfying the one or more conditions, setting one of the one or more other battery packs to be the priority battery pack and maintaining the remaining battery packs in an idle state;

wherein the priority battery pack is prioritized in terms of charging and discharging.

13. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the one or more conditions comprise charging/discharging for a predetermined number of cycles.

14. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the one or more conditions comprise a predetermined time as a priority battery pack.

15. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the one or more conditions comprise a remaining capacity of a currently prioritized battery pack.

16. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the one or more conditions comprise a capacity of a currently prioritized battery pack.

17. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the acts further comprise:

during the act of charging and discharging the priority battery pack and maintaining one or more other battery packs in an idle state, intermittently cycling one of the one or more other battery packs.

18. The information handling device of claim 17 , wherein intermittently using one of the one or more other battery packs comprises charging and discharging one of the one or more other battery packs about once per twenty charge/discharge cycles.

19. The information handling device of claim 12 , wherein the acts further comprise determining that one of the two or more battery packs has been newly installed.

20. The information handling device of claim 19 , wherein the acts further comprise further comprising setting the newly installed battery pack to be the priority battery pack for a predetermined period.

21. The information handling device of claim 20 , wherein the predetermined period comprises a predetermined number of cycles, and further wherein the predetermined number of cycles is dynamically modified to level the newly installed battery pack with one or more other battery packs.

22. A program product, comprising:

a storage medium having computer program code embodied therewith, the computer program code comprising:

computer program code that sets a battery pack, in an information handling device having two or more battery packs, as a priority battery pack;

computer program code that charges and discharges the priority battery pack and maintain one or more other battery packs in an idle state;

computer program code that ascertains if the priority battery pack satisfies one or more conditions; and

computer program code that, in response to the priority battery pack satisfying the one or more conditions, sets one of the one or more other battery packs to be the priority battery pack and maintain the remaining battery packs in an idle state;

wherein the priority battery pack is prioritized in terms of charging and discharging.