How to keep a laptop battery healthy

We prefer laptops because it enables us to work on the go. All we need to do is get it charged and we are ready to go. You carry it to a coffee house, a park, use it in a train or anywhere else. Portability is that factor on which we prefer laptops over a computer. But what if the battery of your laptop is not performing well and drains out soon. Then there is no use in having a laptop. This is a very common issue with most of the users.

There are a number of ways by which you can keep the battery health for a longer period of time. You would be aware of them but you fail to follow them. All you need to do is take care of these things.

Disconnect the laptop charger on reaching 100%.

Most of us do not pay attention while using the laptop and leave the charger plugged in even it is completely charged. It is fine when the laptop is turned off, not but while you are using it. The lithium-ion cell is harmed when constantly plugged in after 100% of charge. This is the major issue that degrades the battery of your laptop. Take care of this and you are ensured of long-term battery life.

The 40/80 rule of laptop charging

You must have heard of this rule to keep your laptop charged between 40 to 80 percent charged for healthy battery life. Well, this is true, but there is no harm in getting your device charged up to 100%. Never let the battery drain below 40%. There are many who charge the laptop after it has reached till it’s last bit. Using you laptop a low battery puts a lot of strain on the cells. Never let that happen. Plugin the laptop on time are maintain the battery health.. Make sure you remove the charger when it is fully charged.

Do not let your laptop battery die out

Make sure when your laptop is low on battery you get it plugged in and not stress your battery till that minimal charge. This is also one of the reasons your battery gets degraded. Get your laptop charged whenever required. Do not wait for it to be drained completely.

Turn off your wi-fi when not in use to save battery

There are a number of services that are running in the background and you are unaware of them. PLEASE, take a note of it and get it turn off whatever is not required. It is better to turn off the wi-fi, location, background apps, and other features that are not required. This will save a good amount of energy hence saving your battery health. You can also keep your other devices detached when not in use.

Do not let your laptop to overheat

The laptop gets stressed and hence is damaged when the laptop gets heated. It is advised to use your laptop in a cool place or prefer using a cooling pad. Gaming laptops these days are built taking care of these issues, so they stand apart from the normal laptops. So try to keep your laptop cool to reduce the stress on your battery

Turn the screen brightness down

For no reason just letting the brightness to max takes away a lot of power. So it is always advised to keep the brightness of the laptop to what is required. This happens most of the time we do not realize this and hence end up on fewer hours of usage.

SSD and upgraded RAM

What more you can do is upgrade your laptop by increasing the RAM of the laptop. This will also increase the performance of the laptop which saves the battery power. Also even you have an old laptop, you can get an SSD for your laptop and there you go with high and better performance.

These are certain ways you can do to make your battery last for a longer period of time. If you have any other issues you can contact us for support or drop a mail. Will will revert to you in a maximum of 48 hours.

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