I am not the expert but in my research that was the advice given on the issue, that 40% was repeated over and over it seems to be the magic number. And again that is for the specific Laptop batteries not necessarily any battery. this is a quote from a battery site "If possible, store the battery in a cool place at about a 40% state-of-charge. Some reserve charge is needed to keep the battery and its protection circuit operational during prolonged storage. Avoid keeping the battery at full charge and high temperature. This is the case when placing a cell phone or spare battery in a hot car. Running a laptop computer on the mains has a similar temperature problem. While the battery is kept fully charged, the inside temperature during operation rises to 45C (113F). Removing the battery from the laptop when running on fixed power protects the battery from heat. With the concern of the battery overheating and causing fire, a spokesperson for the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission advises to eject the battery of affected laptops and to run the machines on a power cord. It should be noted that on a power outage, unsaved works will be lost. The question is often asked, should the laptop be disconnected from the main when not in use? Under normal circumstances, it should not matter with lithium-ion. Once the battery is fully charged, no further charge is applied. However, there is always the concern is malfunction of the AC adapter, the laptop or the battery." How to prolong lithium-based batteries

Is the problem the wifi signal reception or the wifi circuitry of the TV? I'd try moving the router first to see if you can get a better signal to the TV. Check the signal using a smartphone placed where the TV is. If the signal is strong but the TV isn't happy with it, what you may need is an external Wifi antenna that you can connect to the TV with an ethernet cable. The linked to product isn't necessarily what's needed. A standard powerline system has two identical wall warts - one gets plugged in near the router and is connected to it with an ethernet cable. The second wall wart is plugged in near the device needing a network signal - an ethernet cable is then run from it to the device, like the TV. What was linked was a bit of a hybrid - it's two dissimilar items. One is a regular powerline device to take the signal from the router and put it into the electrical wiring. The second device takes the signal from the wiring and then broadcasts a wifi signal in another part of the house. It's like a wired range extender using a powerline system. Powerline nics don't work in all homes, especially if the home has two (or more) phase electrical power and the two sockets aren't on the same phase. Also, you can't plug them into patch cords/surge suppressors. Try it and see, but in case, buy it from a retailer that allows returns without a restocking fee.

Reading back over your posts, you mention no buttons on outlets, but instead buttons on the breakers. In this case, it sounds like maybe GFCI breakers were used instead of GFCI outlets. These are typically used when a GCFI outlet wouldn't be readily accessible. Now, building code dictates which would be appropriate - assume the inspector either approved or required this choice. When there is an electrical fault in an appliance, current is going where it shouldn't and creates a dangerous situation. Your breaker saved you from further issue. You should not have used the microwave after the first incident. I'm very surprised that you did.

Olychick is right about logging practices. Logging can be beneficial to forest health when the trees are thinned rather than clear cut, the slash (debris that results from logging such as all the branches that are cut off of the downed trees and smaller trees that are damaged during logging) is removed and a diversity of seedling trees planted to replace those taken during logging operations. Unfortunately, it costs more time and money to log that way, so many companies opt for the cheaper way which is to come in and clear a swath of land. My property shares a border with a large logging company and they come thru here about every 10 years to log. Last time they were here, they left piles of slash and did not replant. Those slash piles are now tinder dry and highly flammable brush such as manzanita has grown where trees once stood. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so I would like to share several 1000 words with all of you. We have 3.5 acres in the mountains and spend a great deal of time thinning trees and clearing brush. On our property there is an abundance of wildlife including birds, lizards, frogs, squirrels, rabbits, foxes, coyotes, deer, bears and the occasional mountain lion. The trees are healthy and not over crowded and there is very little brush or fuel on the forest floor. Tree branches are cut from the trees to a minimum height of eight feet to remove ladders which allow fires to get up in the tree tops. This is our property - we will be out thinning again this year as soon as the rains start. It's too dry to run a chainsaw right now: The property next door to us is owned by people who haven't been here in 25 years. Brush has accumulated, the trees have become over crowded and many are dead or dying. The brush is so thick that it's nearly impossible to walk thru the woods. You literally can't see the forest for the trees. Between the two properties, there is a power easement. The local power company contracts with tree companies to maintain the easement which is kept cleared to a width of approximately 50 feet. Two winters ago, a tree dropped a very large branch on the power lines and snapped one of them. We were on vacation at the time and not aware of this until we returned. Our nearest neighbor saw smoke coming from the area of our house, and knowing we were gone, decided to investigate. What he found was a live line that was sending out sparks and that had melted all of the snow around it for a distance of 30 feet. The power company was called, shut off the power and fixed the line. Thank God it was winter and not summer. If it had been summer, those sparks and a little bit of wind are all it would have taken to light up the neglected property next door. There are no simple solutions to this problem and all of these things - maintaining equipment and easements, forest health and forest management are connected. Of course, not all fires start in forested areas, but many do and I personally think that investing in improving the health of our forests thru thinning and removing brush along with responsible logging would be a gigantic step in the right direction. Another thing to consider is the size of the easements. I looked it up last night and the width of an easement is determined by factors such as the voltage of the lines and whether or not the area is urban or rural. According to what I read, the maximum easement is 200 feet, but many (such as the one shown above) are much less than that. With pines and douglas firs reaching a height of 150 to 200 feet, those widths are not enough no matter how much time utilities spend clearing and maintaining their easements. But, property owners don't want to give up that much space to utilities nor do they want their large and beautiful trees removed. I don't know what the answer is, but I think it's important to take into account all of the above factors when discussing this issue as there are no simple one size fits all solutions. Power companies such as PGE haven't done a good job of maintaining their equipment, but there are other factors at play too. The neglected property I've shown you is but a drop in the bucket but it illustrates the conditions that exists in many of our forests, but I hope that they give those reading this thread an idea of the problems we face.