Remove the Laptop Battery

Posted by Kates Gasis on Saturday, September 23, 2006 · 2 Comments 

Since I mostly work at home using the laptop as my primary machine, I removed the battery and rely solely on direct AC power. This was after I read somewhere that the biggest culprit for the decline in battery life of Li-Ion batteries is head generated by laptops.

My laptop is running 16 hours a day. That’s how much time the battery is exposed to heat. No wonder I can only squeeze 1.5 hours from the battery when mobile. That’s not enough time to finish a script.

I had the battery stored in a cool dry place to lessen the the discharge rate. My problem now is run the risk of losing data due to power interruptions (it’s common here in Iloilo). Maybe it’s time to look for a UPS.

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2 Responses to “Remove the Laptop Battery”
  1. Heather says:
    September 27, 2006 at 7:43 am

    Interesting, wish I would of known this before. Not sure why I never thought of it. Thankgod I do have a back up battery.

  2. James says:
    September 28, 2006 at 6:40 am

    “…the biggest culprit for the decline in battery life of Li-Ion batteries is head generated by laptops.”

    Don’t you mean “heat?”

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