Thread: 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??

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

Always when the laptop battery reaches drastic level, you should plug it in.

it is always better to charge Battery when it shows Low.

Originally Posted by Antidote

CAN I LEAVE MY LAPTOP PLUGGED IN ALL THE TIME??

Answer is NO.

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.

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.

correct

Originally Posted by deepmohan

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.

Battery life will go down with time.
The only thing you should be careful about is keeping it at 100% or very low charge for long periods of time.

Battery life does get affected by overcharging so I would advise you to charge only on low battery.

Originally Posted by vaishaliv

Battery life does get affected by overcharging so I would advise you to charge only on low battery.

All most every laptop have this facility if the battery is full it will cut the power to the battery to prevent it from overcharging and heating.

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.

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

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 :shifty:

Surely LAPTOP Battery life will be reduced when the power is pluged in
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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.

yes it reduces battery life, confirmed

Originally Posted by viksharmavik

yes it reduces battery life, confirmed

Better if you can share the source and how you made it confirmed.

So that others can know the truth.