How To Make Your Laptop Battery Last Longer

Laptops are the pinnacle of mobility computing. When you have power. Battery life in laptops slowly deteriorates over time, because of the way laptop batteries store and use power. No matter if you buy your laptop online, off-line and no matter what sales person tells you otherwise. Even if you left the battery out of your laptop, you might still notice a difference in usage times over a period of years, check Battery University for more information on battery storage. But following a few simple tips can save your battery life. Note: This also works for phone batteries as well.

1. Charge the battery early and often.

Lithium-ion (Li-Ion) batteries will lose charge from age, but recharging it early and often makes sure that the charge is kept throughout the cells.

2. Don't Frequently Discharge and Recharge the battery.

This is called a “Deep Cycle” and should be only be done every 30 – 40 charges to re-calibrate the battery meters in the electronic device.

3. Take out the Battery when using the laptop plugged in for an extended period of time.

Batteries are more affected by heat than any other factor. The heat produced by a laptop is designed to keep it away from the battery, but if you don't need the battery in, it's better to take it out and store it somewhere away form the heat produced by the laptop. Preferably in the fridge or freezer*

4. *The battery should never be frozen.

Although the freezing point of Li-ion batteries is around -40 degrees C, (way below what most conventional freezers), when storing the battery just make sure it'll never reach those sort of extreme temperatures.

5. Never deplete the battery to below their minimum voltage (2.4 – 3.0V per cell)

With these few tips, you should be able to keep your laptop, no matter what brand, continually performing well. Battery life also depends on what operating system, programs and strain your putting on your computer. (Tony Schirmer)

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Maintenance your cellular phone battery

Caring for Nimh battery

Batere this type can be longer if charged with a charger penetrating (high flow). Nimh batteries for storage for more than a month, first empty the contents and store in the refrigerator, but not in the freezer because it will make a quick battery damaged. In the mobile phone, type Battery capacity is quickly lost if the charge is often in circumstances not completely empty (lazy battery effect). To restore it, steps need to be taken as follows; use feature of the Battery is in the phone menu (if any), emptying with this feature, if you do not have this facility to turn on the phone battery out (turn off the power saving feature), after the new re-filled.

If you have performed the procedures as above, but still can not eliminate the effect batere lazy and measured using multitester exceed 1.68volt, Battery marks are eligible to be removed.

Caring for Li-ion battery

Li-ion battery only hold 300-500 times filled, and capacity, and finally broken down. Although filled moment, still counted as one cycle of charging shorten Battery age. To maintain the Li-ion battery still fit, you can do when your really out already. Better have 2 pieces Battery type Li-ion for the same device, to reduce the charging cycle which will extend the age battery.

Things that must be purchased in the Li-ion Battery, ask for a guarantee that the age battery not more than 6 months because the battery type is very easy to unravel and reactive loss of capacity, that is why many producers Battery that does not include a date of production, but can still be found in the battery serial number . If you get this gadget to the Battery to fill the full capacity to be awake, and if they do not use, store in refrigerator in a filled, but not in the freezer.