[pchelpers] Re: battery life / Dell inpiron 1150
- From: John Durham <john.modec@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: pchelpers@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2006 08:22:18 +1200
There is some helpful information of Lithium and Ni-Cd batteries here:
http://www.5starsupport.com/tutorial/battery-life.htm
Note: Heat affects Lithium battery life-Please note this below:
1.
* Lithium-ion Battery:
If you are using a laptop with a Lithium-ion battery (most newer
laptops), it should give you between 300-500 charge/discharge cycles.
This type of battery doesn't like full discharges and should be avoided
when-ever possible. The technology is still being enhanced and should
continue to be the battery of choice for laptop manufactures in the
future. Elevated temperatures seem to have an adverse effect on this
batteries life. Lithium-ion battery manufactures believe that a typical
life span should be somewhere between 2 to 3 years. Most lithium-ion
batteries fail because of exposure to excessive heat rather than the
charge/discharge habits of the user.
G. R. Hanson wrote:
> When I got my laptop 1.5 years ago the battery life was really pretty
> good. I'm thinking it was 1.5 to 2. hours.
> Right now it is 45 minutes. My laptop gets very hot. I did buy one of
> those cool pads with fan and I have been using that to sit under it.
>
> Could someone inform me about batteries.
> Is it time to replace this one?
> Can I increase the life of this one?
> Do I purchase a new one from Dell only, or are there options?
> <or anything else you wish to share with me that I need to know about
> this subject>.
>
> Re-Na Hanson / Arkansas USA
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