A long overdue overhaul of batteries

JK-47 · Post by **JK-47** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 8:33 pm

latinomodder wrote:Its about time :/ My dell battery now lasts 30min

I'm lucky if mine lasts past or up to an hour. I hate my laptop so very much.

I would love to have one of these batteries...

Senor_Grunt · Post by **Senor_Grunt** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 9:49 pm

JK-47 wrote:
latinomodder wrote:Its about time :/ My dell battery now lasts 30min
I'm lucky if mine lasts past or up to an hour. I hate my laptop so very much.

I would love to have one of these batteries...

My laptop only lasts me 10 minutes when unplugged.

Munsie · Post by **Munsie** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:45 am

My old iPod (we've just sent it back in for repairs) could last a grand total of ~12 seconds off the charging station. That was on a good day.

Patrickssj6 · Post by **Patrickssj6** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 7:12 am

JK-47 wrote:
latinomodder wrote:Its about time :/ My dell battery now lasts 30min
I'm lucky if mine lasts past or up to an hour. I hate my laptop so very much.

I would love to have one of these batteries...

That's because you guys don't know how to handle those rechargeable batteries with accumulators.

If you treat his nano lithium battery the same way, it will also get damaged over time.

There are few things you can do to maintain the batteries total life over a long period:

1.Don't constantly recharge
2.Don't let it go totally empty
3. Don't leave it at a low charge over a long period
4. Don't expose it to extreme heat/cold
5. Only recharge when the battery is at 1/4 of it's power and do a full recharge, NOT just 1/2 and then waste some energy and then recharge again....

Kirk · Post by **Kirk** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 4:11 pm

Yep, good battery management is key.

Granted, your battery WILL degrade over time (obviously), it just helps slow down that process.

Rockymods · Post by **Rockymods** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 9:22 pm

Patrickssj6 wrote:
There are few things you can do to maintain the batteries total life over a long period:

1.Don't constantly recharge **
2.Don't let it go totally empty **
3. Don't leave it at a low charge over a long period --
4. Don't expose it to extreme heat/cold **
5. Only recharge when the battery is at 1/4 of it's power and do a full recharge, NOT just 1/2 and then waste some energy and then recharge again....**

**:-Check
--: No check

-Legendary- · Post by **-Legendary-** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 12:32 am

I hope something weird doesn't happen. But yea, I can't wait to get my hands on some of these