How to prolong battery life

December 10th, 2008

Aging of laptop battery is a problem that is often ignored and can not avoid. But right using and store can stave aging time.

Put your batteries in a cool and dry place when you store it.
Do not charge your lithum batteries too full before storage. Especially need to pay attention is avoid over-charging and over-discharging.
Most battery can be fully charged in about 3 hours so do not leave a battery in a charger for a long time.
When you prepare to charge for you laptop battery ,make sure the temperature is around the room temperature.
Do not charged to higher voltages than its threshold voltage ,as it would become unsafe.
When a laptop battery has been stored for a long time ( about 30 days), please charge it for about 30 minutes to prevent the battery’s self discharging .
Unplug your laptop battery when not in use. Use soft and dry cloth to clean the metal connectors of your laptop battery after using it.
Prepare a new battery for replacement if your battery get weak over time.
For more information go to Battery Tips and Battery FAQs