The Laptop Battery: How To Get The Most Life From Your Laptop Battery
You can expect the typical laptop battery to last about two years with regular use and handling. There are also some steps you can take to add life to each charge as well as get better battery performance overall. Consider the following points and get more out of your laptop battery:
• Though there remains some argument as to whether Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) batteries suffer from the memory effect or not. Either way, it’s a good idea not to charge this type of laptop battery until the battery is as low as possible.
• Charge your laptop battery for at least 12 hours before using it again. Many times a battery charger’s ëfully charged’ indicator light will come on before the battery is truly as full of power as it can get. You may as well let it soak of a full 12 hours if you want to get every drop of power you can.
• Some people say that charging a Nickel Metal Hydride battery during longer periods of non-use seems to result in batteries that hold more charge.
• There is also evidence that seems to suggest that using two batteries over one battery more than doubles the overall life spans of both batteries. So, the more batteries you rotate, the more you’ll get out of each of them.
• Another simple way to use less battery power is to plug your laptop into a wall circuit when you will be using things that take more power such as the CD player or floppy drive.
• Reducing the display brightness of your laptop screen can also play a part in reducing overall battery usage.
Though you will probably have to charge the laptop battery more often as time goes on, if you adopt some of the tips mentioned above it will take longer for this to take place. When it gets to be too much, it’s time to buy another laptop battery. Top of the line in life and delivery today are the Lithium-Ion and Lithium Polymer laptop batteries.
