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Battery Life - Published 11-1-13 There are some popular misconceptions about battery life especially between the older Ni Cad batteries and the newer Lithium Ion batteries. Those older techniques no longer apply. Here is an excerpt from Leo Laporte one of the leading Geeks:
"There's a huge variety of advice about
Lithium-ion batteries, but Leo says there's just a few things to
keep in mind for extending the life of a battery. First, keep it
charged. A Lithium-ion battery has about 500 recharge cycles in
it. By keeping it charged and plugged in more often, it won't
discharge and use up a cycle. You don't have to worry about
overcharging either, because there's circuitry that prevents it
from charging once it's fully charged. Secondly, if you're
storing it long-term, you should keep it at 50% capacity.
Finally, if it's partially discharged and charged back up, that
will only count as a partial cycle toward the 500 that it has.
There's also a lot of talk about "conditioning" batteries. This applies to the older Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries, but not to Lithium-ion. From what Leo has been told from very trusted sources, these are the only things that matter in keeping modern batteries going." Back to me - The batteries in just about all your gadgets are replaceable, even the ipad, iphone and android phones. To find out if yours are replaceable, as my wife would say: "Google it, Honey!" Every time she says that my English teacher rolls over in her grave; using a "proper name" as a verb! Some of my geeks friends were having a riveting discussion trying to figure-out when that first occurred - Xerox it!!! thecomputerguy (thecomputerguy@usa.com) >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
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There's a huge variety of advice about
Lithium-ion batteries, but Leo says there's just a few things to
keep in mind for extending the life of a battery. First, keep it
charged. A Lithium-ion battery has about 500 recharge cycles in
it. By keeping it charged and plugged in more often, it won't
discharge and use up a cycle. He doesn't have to worry about
overcharging either, because there's circuitry that prevents it
from charging once it's fully charged. Secondly, if he's storing
it long-term, he should keep it at 50% capacity. Finally, if
it's partially discharged and charged back up, that will only
count as a partial cycle toward the 500 that it has.
There's also a lot of talk about "conditioning" batteries. This applies to the older Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries, but not to Lithium-ion. From what Leo has been told from very trusted sources, these are the only things that matter in keeping modern batteries going. - See more at: http://techguylabs.com/
There's a huge variety of advice about
Lithium-ion batteries, but Leo says there's just a few things to
keep in mind for extending the life of a battery. First, keep it
charged. A Lithium-ion battery has about 500 recharge cycles in
it. By keeping it charged and plugged in more often, it won't
discharge and use up a cycle. He doesn't have to worry about
overcharging either, because there's circuitry that prevents it
from charging once it's fully charged. Secondly, if he's storing
it long-term, he should keep it at 50% capacity. Finally, if
it's partially discharged and charged back up, that will only
count as a partial cycle toward the 500 that it has.
There's also a lot of talk about "conditioning" batteries. This applies to the older Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries, but not to Lithium-ion. From what Leo has been told from very trusted sources, these are the only things that matter in keeping modern batteries going. - See more at: http://techguylabs.com/
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