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08-02-09, 10:15 PM
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Rep Power: 1  |  Laptop Battery life CAN I LEAVE MY LAPTOP PLUGGED IN ALL THE TIME?? does doing this reduce battery life? googled this questions and i came up with a lot of contradicting answers but still not able to decide.. does any one know for sure..? or does it require the continous dischrging and recharging?? |
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08-02-09, 10:50 PM
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| yes it does reduce battery life. I dunno for sure, but, its always adviced that u plug in only when ur low on battery. But y do u care abt battery life as u always plug ut in  |
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08-02-09, 10:59 PM
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Rep Power: 5 | Always when the laptop battery reaches drastic level, you should plug it in. |
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08-02-09, 11:01 PM
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| it is always better to charge Battery when it shows Low. |
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08-03-09, 07:23 AM
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If you care about your battery, please don't always plug it in. When the battery remains charging after it's full and the temperature inside the Battery bay is high, the capacity decreases. It's better to discharge it till 20-30% and then, recharge it to 100%. Always try to continue this cycle. Once in a month, drain the battery down to 5% too. Also, if you plan not to use the Notebook for few days, make it sure that the battery is charged around 40% at the time when you shut it down. | |
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08-04-09, 01:29 AM
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Rep Power: 3 | In fact there is no specific answer to this question. Keeping it pluged in does not reduce your battery life. All battery's have a specific number of recharge cycle if that is crossed then the battery will not withhold chagre, so its always suggested not to discharge the battery too much. |
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08-04-09, 02:53 AM
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Rep Power: 2 | correct Quote:
The only thing you should be careful about is keeping it at 100% or very low charge for long periods of time. | |
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08-04-09, 12:24 PM
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Rep Power: 1 | Battery life does get affected by overcharging so I would advise you to charge only on low battery. |
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08-05-09, 12:33 AM
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So no issues if you keep it plugged in even if the battery is full. Some models and manufactures may ask or will require to remove the battery if its full and you want to use it on AC adapter plugged in. | |
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08-06-09, 11:19 PM
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Rep Power: 1 | if u wana use ur laptop for long tym like 3-5 hour or if ur playing games with reach graphics, remove battery and run ur laptop with ac supply, ofcors battery should b removed with charged fair enuf. insan or battery dono ki sanse pehle se hi tey hoti he, so kam khao+gam khao=zyada jiyo.LoL  |
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08-18-09, 06:44 PM
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Rep Power: 0 | Hi all ! Surely LAPTOP Battery life will be reduced when the power is pluged in !  the basic fact is the discharged battery power is utilised for powering the laptop so when you simultaneously plug in power, the power is passed thru the battery and given to the laptop circuit ! ultimately the power cycle gets reduced in battery since the direct mains power is utilised. Hmmm. i have a idea .... have two battery pack one use it with power Chord plugged in surely it will go off soon, use the other while traveling, ocassionally with power plugged in ! hope my idea works bye  |
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08-18-09, 07:26 PM
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Rep Power: 2 | Surely LAPTOP Battery life will be reduced when the power is pluged in ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ not true. remove the battery and connect the power. The laptop will work. So no if ur battery is fully charged it'll not be used when plugged in. |
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08-19-09, 08:02 PM
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Rep Power: 1 | yes it reduces battery life, confirmed |
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08-19-09, 08:41 PM
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So that others can know the truth.  | |
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