Laptop Battery Tips

Laptops, one of the most demandable electronic product. It is most widely outselling desktops than ever before.  But problem is that with increasing demand of laptop problems related to laptop also increases. Very common problem with most laptop users is how to maximize their laptop’s or notebook’s battery life or how to fix up personal laptop.

Here below are few points to help you to increase the life of your laptop battery:-

1) Maximize battery life

Screen of the laptop is the component that consumes the most battery power of your laptop. To increase the run time of your laptop battery, be sure to dim your display screen whenever possible and especially be careful when you are not  connected  to an AC supply.

In addition to that, disables the other services such as Bluetooth and Wi-Fi network connections when they are not being used will also save your laptop’s battery power. Disconnecting external devices like USB flash drives when you’re done transferring data to or from them will also extend battery life.

2) Never charge your laptop’s battery constantly

Don’t connect your laptop’s battery to charge permanently. A battery constantly kept at full charge will degrade at a faster rate, hence never keep your laptop (and its battery) connected to mains constantly. If you connect your laptop to an AC supply most of the time, the battery’s capacity to hold charge will reduce quicker than normal. Plug a laptop’s battery for charging when the charge drains below 15% and try not to unplug the laptop’s battery while it’s in the middle of its charging cycle.

3) Don’t remove your laptop’s battery when it’s plugged into a power source

We’ve seen some people do this -- they charge their laptop battery to the max and unplug the battery while working on their laptop connected to AC mains. They do this to have a fully-charged battery whenever they have to move away from the power source and have to use their laptop on the go.

Only remove the battery from your laptop if your laptop’s overheating and don’t make it a habit of working on your laptop constantly connected to AC supply, allow your laptop battery to charge and discharge periodically.

4) Store a battery in a cool place

Heat causes a battery to degrade at a faster rate, hence it’s always best to minimize the battery’s exposure to heat. Make sure you are not blocking the laptop’s heat vents when working on it from your lap. Also some laptops come with Intel’s Advanced Cooling Technology to improve airflow so that it can run cooler. Avoid storing your laptop in a car for long where it can easily overheat.

5) Charging and discharging your laptop’s battery

Most modern-day laptops have Lithium ion batteries, free of memory effect, so it’s unnecessary to do full charge and discharge cycle on them on a daily basis like other battery types -- Ni Cd and NiMH. But remember, doing a full discharge and charge cycle at least once in every 40 to 50 charge cycles will help keep your battery’s fuel gauge accurate.