TIPS FOR A LONG LIFE OF YOUR LAPTOP BATTERY

There is huge variety of laptop brands all around the world, having different advantages and disadvantages over the other, but most common problem we are facing is battery backup timing. Let's discuss and suggest some helpful tips for the long-lasting battery life of your laptop.

Nowadays all around Li-ion batteries are used in laptops but in past Nickel Cadmium dry batteries were used.

Following are tips that can help you to extend your laptop battery life

1.   Care should be taken while selecting your charging adopter that it should match the power ratings mentioned on the back of your laptop battery. If it doesn’t match the same it may damage or slows down the charging process or may cause heating issues.

2.   Don’t leave the power cord of the laptop plugged in overnight or for a long time it will overcharge the battery which damages the cells of the battery thus create swelling in batteries.

3.   Use intelligent charging systems i.e. charge your laptop battery when still 20 % charging is left and plug out the charger when it becomes 90%. But once in 6 months run your laptop until zero percent charging and charge again fully 100%.

4.   Try not to use while laptop adaptor plugged in, unless too much inevitability.

5.   More the running programs more power will be consumed so close all unnecessary background applications instead of minimizing windows, or install a light antivirus program that requires less power and also shuts down the unnecessary background programs.

6.   Reduce screen brightness to less than 50 % and keep turn off WIFI, Bluetooth, keyboard lights, and program sounds when not in use.

7.   Closing screen display while presentations, speech, taking notes, and coffee breaks will also affect battery life positively.

8.   Gaming consumes more power so nowadays the battery power banks are available that can be used while in gaming mode to save battery backup.

9.   If you are at home or in the office where there are no power issues then remove the battery and run a laptop directly on the power source and save battery usage for traveling and outdoor activities.

10. Once in 6 months remove the battery and clean its electrical terminals with alcohol and put it back after drying them.