How to Extend Laptop Battery Life
Span?
Recently, Issues has popped up about how to
elongate laptops battery Life Span. You can make
your laptop’s battery run longer on by turning off or
reduce all the things that expend power in your
computer.
Below are tips that has been gathered through
research work by FSS Research Team that will help
in making your laptop’s battery last longer. It is
divided into 8 sections
Section 1: Keeping the battery fresh
Keep the battery fresh. Batteries leak power if they
aren't used fairly soon after charging. If you use
your "full" battery 2 weeks after you last charged it,
you may discover it is empty.
Instead of charging the battery to 100% each time,
fix the maximum charge limit to 80-85%. This will
help in the long run by reducing the battery
degradation with time. Sony VAIO, Lenovo,
Samsung e.t.c. Users are very lucky to have it as
an inbuilt option to set this. One should charge it full and exhaust it to like 4% for Calibration purposes.
Section 2: Reduce the number of Opened
Applications
Learn to single-task
PC memory that is in use takes more power to hold
data. If your laptop has plenty of memory, then keep
multiple applications open to avoid loading
repeatedly from the hard drive. Close all the
applications that run in the background on your
computer.
Run simple applications that don't use much RAM,
disk drive, or processing power.
Use a basic text editor rather than the processor
and RAM heavy Microsoft Word. Heavy applications
like games or movie watching are especially hard
on the battery.
Section 3: Power Management
Switch off the wireless card when you are not using
it.
Disable Bluetooth. If you don't use this feature, you
can safely disable it to avoid draining your laptop’s
battery. (Bluetooth works with your wireless card,
so putting the wireless off will also power off your
Bluetooth) Shut down or hibernate the laptop rather
than using standby/Sleep , if you plan on not using it
for a while.
Standby/Sleep continues to drain energy to keep
your laptop ready to go when you open the cover.
Power plans can be edited on your laptop to suit
this very purpose.
Defrag your hard drive.
The more fragmented your hard drive is the more
your hard disk needs to work.
· You do not need to do this on a Mac, as they
do this automatically by themselves when needed.
· Also, do not do this if your computer uses a
solid-state drive, as this will actually make
it slower!
Section 4: Display Reduce the LCD's brightness
level.
Turn down the screen resolution. The method for
doing this will depend on your laptop make.
Section 5: Sound
Turn the volume level down, or mute it, if you do not
plan to use it.
Section 6: Your Physical Environment
Avoid extreme temperatures. Batteries rely on basic
chemistry and will die faster at extreme
temperatures. Try to charge and use the battery at
room temperatures. Use a cooling pad when using
a notebook computer on your lap. But if it's a USB
pad then don't use it as it will most likely use up
more battery rather than to conserve it.
Avoid propping your laptop on a pillow, blanket, or
other soft surface that can heat up.
Section 7: Peripherals
Unplug external devices such as a USB mouse or
an external drive.
Avoid using a CD or DVD. If you store copy of data
you need on an optical disc, copy it to your laptop
hard drive or a thumb drive before traveling. Optical
drives consume large amounts of power to spin up
CDs and DVDs.
Try to avoid applications that keep your hard drive
or optical drive spinning. Need to play music? Try to
use your handheld MP3 player, rather than playing
songs on your computer. Playing songs on your
computer will keep the hard drive working which
uses energy.
Turn off the auto save feature on MS Word or Excel.
Constant saving will keep your hard drive turning
and using energy.(If you are the type that forgets to
save do not do this) Eject external devices such as
pen drives, DVDs, hard disks, etc. , if not in use.
Section 8: Cleaning your Battery
Clean the battery contacts. Clean the battery's
metal contacts with rubbing alcohol on a damp
cloth. Clean contacts increase the energy
efficiency.
Note: Be careful when cleaning the contacts.
Always clean them when the battery is fully
drained, and use a very slightly damp cloth, so as
to avoid electric shock and short-circuits.
Extra tips
· If you use your computer for too long, it could
overheat and slowly damage components,
shortening their lifespan.
· Be careful when charging your battery. Never
hook it up to charge it when you're not around.
· Clean your desk. It sounds strange, but if you
have a dusty, dirty desk, that dust will get into the
vents and clog the cooling fan. Once the dust is
inside your laptop, it is much harder to remove.
· Take a break if your battery is running low.
· Don't run games if the computer's already hot.
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