How to Get the Best Battery Life From a Laptop Computer

A rechargeable battery will last an average of two years. You can take steps to get better total battery life and longer battery life per charge.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Laptop Battery Chargers
• Laptop Computer Batteries

1. Charge the battery for 12 hours before use.

2. Let the battery drain completely before recharging if you have a nickel-cadmium (NiCad) battery. Upgrade to a nickel-metal-hydride (NiMH) battery'or better, a lithium-ion battery'if one is made for your machine.

3. Let the battery drain as much as possible before recharging if you have an NiMH battery.

4. Recharge an NiMH battery between long periods of inactivity.

5. Travel with an extra battery. Use the two batteries equally.

6. Avoid running the floppy and CD drives off the battery, if possible.

7. Reduce the display's brightness when possible.

Tips & Warnings

• As time goes by, you will need to recharge any rechargeable battery more often. When the battery life is about 25 percent of its original level, get a new battery. With normal use, expect about half the per-charge life claimed by the manufacturer.
• Use the laptop manufacturer's power-management software only in those rare instances when you can sacrifice performance for battery life.
• If you're buying a laptop, get one with a lithium-ion battery.

[paulwinter]

on 9/1/2009 Hi,



Thanks for writing such an interesting article. Its really good to know about the batteries in detail. Seriously do we realize how many things in your house that need batteries? Let’s count it, from the flashlight, cell phone, iPod, cameras, and many more. Knowing it should make us realize on how essential the presence of the batteries in our daily life. However, with that so many kinds of battery, which is generally different between one to another, sometimes we have some difficulties in finding the desired type.



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[paulwinter]

on 9/1/2009 Hi,



Thanks for writing such an interesting article. Its really good to know about the batteries in detail. Seriously do we realize how many things in your house that need batteries? Let’s count it, from the flashlight, cell phone, iPod, cameras, and many more. Knowing it should make us realize on how essential the presence of the batteries in our daily life. However, with that so many kinds of battery, which is generally different between one to another, sometimes we have some difficulties in finding the desired type.



Find the right batteries supplier is not hard if you check out batterystation.co.uk because this website provides the widest selection of batteries and you can choose the right battery based on the categories. You can get the procell batteries which available in several sizes and voltage. You also can find Duracell batteries that divided into duracell plus batte...

[acuares]

on 2/4/2009 One way of extending your laptop battery's life is to let it run on its battery at least once a week.

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[resourcefulone]

on 1/21/2009 Great information, I will use it wisely, thanks for sharing

[battman]

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