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I just bought a laptop and I know I’m suppose to have

it plugged in for the first 12 hours of having it but I was wondering if later on if the battery is like a cell phone battery. Do I have to wait for the battery to die before I plug the computer back in again or can it be plugged in and unplugged at any time?

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dave1971199 offline Verified User (7 months, 4 weeks) Long Term User Shouts: 2 Add Friend #
An Unknown Location | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (7 minutes after post)

Once it’s charged you can disconnect it if you want but, it is recommended that use the power supply whenever you are able to. This way, your battery will last longer and you won’t need to replace it as quick.

Unlike a mobile phone; when you charge up you laptop,it stops charging after the battery is full.

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An Unknown Location | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (18 minutes after post)

dave that is soooo untrue.the best way to use your battery is as follows. once fully charged remove the power cable and use the battery supply. if the battery is fully charged and you continue to use it plugged into the charger, the battery life will eventually fade away. it is recommended to charge up the battery till full then disconnect the power supply.

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An Unknown Location | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (1 hour, 48 minutes after post)

If that is true, I tip my hat to you. I have had two laptops and both of them indicate when the battery is charging by a light and once it has finished charging, the light turns off.

The manufacture of both of the laptops encourage the user to keep the power supply connected where available. According the the manufactures; the laptop stops charging once the battery has been completely charged.

One was from a UK company called Tiny and the other was made by Accer.

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An Unknown Location | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (2 hours, 14 minutes after post)

yeah its the type of batter (lithium). the energy inside them wastes away when it is being charged all the time. for example, if your battery life is 4 hours and you keep it on charge constantly for a few months, you’ll find that your battery life can drop as much as 35%. things they dont tell you in the manuals lol. they best way to sustain the life in a lithium battery is to fully charge then drain it. only if you want your battery to last as long as possible. although they are quite cheap nowadays so i guess it doesnt really matter.

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An Unknown Location | 2 months, 2 weeks ago (3 hours, 36 minutes after post)

Thanks for the advice, I didn’t know.

I wonder why a manufacture would encourage you to use the power supply without taking the battery out, if they knew that it would cause the batteries to fail quickly. If the battery failed on me, I would buy my laptop elsewhere and not from them again.

It just seems strange to me. The problem is that unless I ran my battery down, I have no way of knowing how much charge is left in the battery.

Anyway; thanks again.

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