Laptop Batteries – Quick Tip
Tip of the day: Some of you may have gotten into the habit of occasionally removing your laptop’s battery and letting it drain completely. This was good practice, but that is no longer the case if your laptop (or replacement battery) is the newer Lithium Ion (LION) type. If your battery is a LION, it will do much better if constantly charged– leave it alone.
(Consult the documentation for your particular make/model to find the battery type.)
Today’s free link: (A Reader’s Comment reminded me of this site.) Hip. Cool. And a “visit daily” website, a “must” for those of you who appreciate a super-bargain, check out Woot. It will make you smile, even when the featured bargain doesn’t interest you.
Today’s free download: MS Word didn’t have the ability to create your documents as a PDF prior to the release of Office 2007. For those of you looking for this ability, or/and you’re using an older Office version, you can download the free PrimoPDF.
Copyright 2007-9 © Tech Paul. All rights reserved. post to jaanix
Share this post : | ![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
![]() |
Although I have heard that it is best to always charge up a new Lithium Ion battery and let it drain completely the first time you use it.
LikeLike
jgoto,
That’s a new one to me. Everything I have ever read says never let a LION discharge completely…
And I should amend the article to say “used (drained) and charged”. For storage, a 1/2 charge is probably best.
But I have to confess, one of my reasons for posting this tip is that many people are still operating under ideas that either are quite out of date, or were never really very true to begin with.. Computer “myths”, if you will.
For those interested in learning more, the search term battery+”memory effect” will give you a good start.
LikeLike