battery care- some easy questions.

[LabR@t]

Got any tips on battery care?

Is it better to drain it down every time rather than start charging half way through discharge?

when on AC do you a have to remove battery?

Is it better use on AC if you have the chance to?

any other tips?

 

[Culinia]

These are my notes I generated when researching the same topic:

Prolonging a laptop battery
- Using AC power mains
o Remove battery when running AC (due to heat)
- Charging
o Try and avoid charging past 90% and discharging below 20%
 Shutdown laptop when charging to cool
- Extend life
o Avoid exposing the battery or the laptop to excessive heat
- Storage
o Stored at 40-50% capacity in a cool, dry place such as a cupboard
- Run-time
o Switch off LAN/WLAN/Bluetooth if not needed
o Turn off unnecessary devices
o Turn monitor off when not in use

 

[MikeHunt79]

http://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/how_to_prolong_lithium_based_batteries

In short, keep it topped up, don't fully discharge it if you can help it...

 

[ted78]

Keep it fully charged.

 

[linktoinsanity]

Keep it fully charged.

No. Not good for looking after a battery long term.

My best advice is just to use it normally, discharge it, but not necessarily fully and plug it in when you are next to a socket.

 

[matthab]

My view is just use it. Ive had some batteries die in months and some last years. So ive come to the conclusion just use the laptop how I want to use it.

 

[daz]

Worst thing you can do is leave it in your car in this kind of weather - the temperature really affects the battery and can hurt it long term.

 

[MikeHunt79]

Best thing you can do is leave it in your car in this kind of weather - a high temperature really affects the battery and can hurt it long term.

Fixed...

 

[daz]

Obviously remembered that wrong then!

Thanks for the table/image, I think that must be the exact thing I saw a while back.