The use and maintenance a good laptop battery

Now the notebook is not a luxury anymore, but has become a necessity because it is practical and easy to carry. So many people are using the notebook, both among students and workers.

The ability of notebook batteries will decrease with time, whether used condition or not. Elements in the battery will react and eventually unable to supply sufficient power for our notebook. Notebook battery is designed to last between 300-800 recharge cycles. Generally the laptop battery will last between 2 to 3 years, we could only slow the decline in ability, but could not stop the process.

Some of the things we have noticed about notebook batteries:

• Heat is the enemy for our laptop. Avoid putting a laptop in hot place, like in the car during the day with a blazing hot sun, because the temperature inside the car will increase.
• Use up the empty battery is not whether for our laptop. Should be recharged when it reaches 10% -20%.
• Calibration of our battery recharge cycle every 30 times. Let the battery is used up to keep the pointer on the laptop remains accurate.
• If we are going to use a power outage, then we can extend battery life by removing and storing a battery in storage.      
• Store batteries in a dry and cold with the conditions of the battery is 40%, some experts recommend to keep it in the freezer with a plastic bag and close it tightly to avoid moisture.
• Don’t be put into the freezer until frozen.
• If we want to use it again, allow the battery to warm to room temperature before being used again.

To know whether or not drop a notebook battery, we can perform a simple step. The first step, fully charge the battery to 100%, then use to play VCD / DVD while browsing on the internet. In general, the new battery will last about 2 hours, if the moment the battery meter showed a significant drop, then it can verify that the notebook battery has been dropped.