Maximize Your Laptop Battery
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Laptops capitalize on Laptop Chargers. There are many factors that affect the life of a laptop's battery. Like as mention below along with the tips to improve them. Improper power settings Check your computers power settings to make sure that you are taking full advantage of your laptop's energy saving mode. You can check the battery options available on your laptop. Windows includes two power schemes: The Portable/Laptop power scheme that minimizes the use of power to conserve your battery and The Max Battery power scheme minimizes power use but does not adjust as your processing demands change. You should use Max Battery only in situations that require minimal processing, such as reading documents and taking notes in a meeting. You can even customize power scheme to suit your specific needs. You can create as many custom power schemes as you want Running heavy resource eating programs Your battery is guzzled up 2 hour movie or running very heavy programs. Watching movies on your laptop is a huge drain on the battery life. If you had a second battery on hand, this would probably be OK. Monitor brightness setting The largest consumer of laptop battery is the systems monitor. You can add some life by finding the brightness control and turning it down as far as you can stand. Age of the battery It's really a myth that a laptops battery is only good for about a year they does well in first year however that doesn't mean they will completely fade. They definitely don't perform as good as in first year.
Type of battery Nickel cadmium Lithium-ion Battery Most of the new laptops have Lithium-ion battery which gives you between 300-500 charge/discharge cycles. This type of battery doesn't like full discharges and should be avoided when-ever possible. Elevated temperatures seem to have an adverse effect on this batteries life. Lithium-ion battery manufactures believe that a typical life span should be somewhere between 2 to 3 years. Most lithium-ion batteries fail because of exposure to excessive heat rather than the charge/discharge habits of the user.
Nickel-based Battery (Nickel cadmium and nickel metal hydride) Unlike the lithium based battery, it's better to discharge and then fully charge this battery. If a Nickel-based battery partially discharged before recharging, the usable capacity of the battery decreases. This battery has a voltage capacity 3 times less than the Lithium battery (1.2 V -vs- 3.6 V) making it less commonly used in the portable industry. You are most likely to have this battery if your laptop is older than 3 years. |
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