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completely before charging?

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Here are some

battery basics!
Most laptop batteries are
either lithium-ion or lithiumpolymer. These batteries are
designed to withstand
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keeping it plugged in wont

harm your battery and cause

much dierence to the
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Another concept that one

must keep in mind is that
there are some good
practices that extend the life
of your laptop battery. Your
battery has a nite number
of charge-discharge cycles,
so, discharging your battery
completely repeatedly is
going to harm its life.

Overheating is
your batterys
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So, if your laptops CPU/HDD

temperature is around 40C,
keeping the laptop plugged
in is ne. But, if your laptop
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simple method that can help

you extend your batterys life
in a dierent manner.
According to the tests
performed by Battery
University, a battery that is
charged to 100 percent will
have only 300-500 discharge
cycles. One the other hand, if
its charged to 70-80%, itll
get 1000-2000 recharge
cycles.
Based on what Ive told you
in this article, here are some
notable points:

Avoid discharging your

laptop completely after

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Make sure that your

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Your laptop battery

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harm itself due to

excessive charging. Its
smart enough to bypass
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SudharsanR
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AnkitKumar
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yeah,it'suseful.
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yeah,it'suseful.
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veryuseful....Thanxalot...
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JasbirSingh
Readcarefullybetweendischargevs
rechargecycles
"....batterythatischargedto100
percentwillhaveonly300500
dischargecycles.Onetheotherhand,
ifitschargedto7080%,itllget1000
2000rechargecycles."
Allthewhilemyunderstandingwas
thatonceinawhiledependingon
usagethatthebatteryhastobe
dischargedfullybeforerecharging.
EvenIcanrecallsomedevice
manualssuggestingtodischargefully

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