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Smart Top Tips For Extending Your Lappy Juice. by Nobody: 4:45pm On Aug 26, 2018
However efficient modern laptops are they still need to be plugged in a juiced up throughout the day- In other words, you gotta charge it. It's possible to get significant improvements by good practice and a few software tweaks. To help you get a longer laptop battery life, here are 8 easy ways to improve it.

1. Reduce brightness
Saving this power is simply a question of turning the brightness down.
The screen brightness button is usually located as a second function of one of the F keys, and is represented by a little sun symbol with up and down icons. To use it, just hold down the correct function key and then choose up or down.

2. Change power settings
Type 'power options' into the Start Search box and choose 'Power saver' from the list. Windows 10 also has more methods for saving battery life. These include settings for powering off the monitor and kicking into sleep mode more quickly.

3. Switch off Wi-Fi
Wireless Fidelity is a sure battery sapper. Wi-Fi drains the battery by constantly drawing power from the battery and, when not connected, looking for networks.
When you're away from wireless networks, always turn this device off. Many laptops have a function button that enables you to turn off the wireless adaptor manually to save yourself the unnecessary waste, but older laptops often don't have this.
Open up the Notification Center by clicking the speech bubble icon on the far-right side of the taskbar, and click on 'Wi-Fi' to turn it off.

4. Turn off peripherals
Using USB peripherals can put a drain on your system, because your motherboard has to power them, so unplugging everything saves juice. USB sticks, mice and webcams are common offenders, so copy all your information across and eject your devices as soon as possible, and put up with laptop track pads over your USB mouse.

5. Eject your disc drives
Having a disc spinning in the drive is a huge drain on resources, and many programs constantly do this. Simply eject your discs before you switch to battery power to gain vital extra minutes from your working day.
Most modern laptops don't come with disc drives installed these days, but if yours does, it's worth making sure it's empty when you're on the move.

6. Invest in some hardware
Most laptops come with a six-cell battery, but many manufacturers offer eight- or even 12-cell optional upgrades, which can double your power.
Portable laptop battery chargers are usually compact battery units that have adapters for most laptops and mobile phones, which is portable enough to be placed in a bag and has enough capacity to double the length of your charge.

7. Disable features
Take the simple measure of turning off graphical effects when you're on the move to make your laptop more efficient.

8. Battery care
Lithium-Ion batteries don't need a complete discharge (contrary to popular belief) but also you should use a battery once you've charged it.
If you have a spare you keep topped up, use that instead of your main regularly. If you have an older non-Lithium-Ion battery, you'll need to regularly discharge it.
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