How To Make Laptop Batteries Serve You Longer |
| Date Added: August 11, 2009 04:45:43 AM |
| Author: Melika |
| Category: Shopping: Computers |
| Some of you might have got in a fury when in a very essential moment when you were working or expecting a vital e-mail, your laptop switched off, because its battery had gone low. In this case the battery requires to be re-charged or replaced. There are 3 major types of laptop batteries - Nickel Cadmium (NiCd), Nickel Metal Hydride (NiMH) and Lithium Ion (LiON). They differ from each other in price, weight and specifications. Still, the charging procedures are identical. All brand new batteries should be charged on average 14-16 hours. If you are going to re-charge old ones, first and foremost let them cool down, since overcharging can shorten their life. When exploiting NiMH laptop batteries, keep in mind they have the so-called "memory effect". Thus, if a battery is not 100% discharged, it will "think" that it has, for example 50% of its original power, and will use only this 50 percent, thus diminishing the amount of time within which your laptop work properly. Laptop batteries are re-charged in different ways. The first way is when you use AC power. The so-called "trickle charge" automatically re-charges batteries after a laptop has been disconnected. The second option is an external laptop battery charger. Batteries are inserted into a charger which is plugged into an outlet. Batteries' life can also be lengthened if: - you 100% charge and discharge batteries; - you have only those programs on at a time which you truly need. Downloading music, surfing the Net, chatting online along with using other programs can make battery' life much shorter. - you use laptop batteries' power reasonably; - you defragment the hard drive now and then, since it spares space and, therefore, power; - you make adjustments to screen brightness; - you make use of coolers (widely available on the market) for the laptop temperature to comply with the established requirements; - you make use of AC adapters if possible. Certainly, it is absolutely necessary to exploit a laptop as well as its various devices in accordance with the safety requirements to assure your laptop will help you long. |
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