How to Maximize A Laptop Battery Life
Any laptop is as good as its battery, which are an expensive and integral part of it’s operattions. It thus becomes very important to keep your battery in optimum condition so that it has the maximum extended life possible. We discuss below some of the major steps that can be taken to maximize the life of the battery nay the life of a laptop.
The first thing that needs to be done is that one should use the power cord that came with laptop or an authorized replacement. The laptop recharging method should be strictly as per the guidelines provided. The laptop should never be exposed to the sun as it could considerable damage. The power management features should be set to enable maximization of battery life management and putting the laptop on “sleep” mode if not used for a reasonable duration.
When you have to purchase new batteries as a replacement buy batteries with internal processors such as Li-Ion batteries. Non Li-Ion batteries have to fully discharged and then recharged every 2-3 weeks which is an avoidable consequence.
Some steps can also be taken initially itself to get the maximum utilization of the battery. One should disable Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. If you were to turn these features off you would save on booting time and this adds up to a considerable amount if you boot up a number of times in a day. Further you should reduce the screen brightness if you are not using electricity. By merely dropping the brightness by a few notches you would not even feel the difference but your battery would feel a reduced burden. Keep doing this until your eyes do not get affected.
Avoid watching DVD’s on battery and watch downloads since DVD’s consume a larger amount of power. You can always save your downloads on the hard disk and watch them as and when you desire. If you need to free up your disk space you can transfer the data to other drives or even Ipod’s.
Some people argue that they keep their laptop always on power and never use the battery. This in fact causes greater damage to your machine as your battery is likely to wear off sooner than it should since it has forgotten how to retain a charge. You tend to aggravate the problem if you keep your machine plugged 24 hours a day and seven days a week. The simple solution to this is to pull out the wire and after some time plug it in for a recharge. It’s a bit of a bother but do consider the fact that you delay the expenditure of purchasing a new replacement battery which generally costs around $100 and still continue to derive the maximum benefits from the battery you had purchased. Old, discarded batteries have a tendency to leak and cause damage to the internals of the laptop. It is in your interest to look after your battery to have a healthy laptop operational for a longer duration at the lowest cost.
Using this tips on how to maximize your laptop’s battery life would prevent you from buying a laptop anytime soon.