Taking a few extra minutes to care for your HP TE03XL Battery might have a significant impact on its lifespan. Find out how you can do this in this article.
Blow on the back of your laptop for around 10 to 15 minutes every day to keep it cool
This step is probably the most overlooked aspect of the subject. In addition to harming your CPU and your legs (if you use your laptop on your leg), overheating may also have negative effects on your laptop’s battery. The health of a hot battery is damaged quicker than that of a cold one.
You should keep your laptop away from all forms of heat when you are using it, but you should also keep it out of the heat while you are storing it. Batteries University recommends that your battery should remain in a cool place to prevent it from overheating. That is why the back has a fan already.
The battery will lose only 4% of its strong total charge after three months when you leave the laptop in a cool environment and still use it daily. Comparatively, when you use the laptop every day and keep it at high temperatures of between 80 and 100 degrees, you’ll lose over 25 percent of its total charge from the battery in a short while.
Don’t let it sit there with the battery always fully charged
There is a law of 40:80 that has been around for a while now. Try to ensure your battery is between 40 and 80 percent. This is important when the battery is made from nickel more than any other kind.
Even though this rule is supposed to not apply to batteries made with lithium-ion, it is a good rule of thumb. Don’t keep charging your battery if you’ve charged the laptop fully. A lot of people take this step regularly, but it’s bad for your battery’s health.
Perform some small Discharge Activities
It’s better to drain batteries made out of lithium-ion for a reduced period before recharging them than to leave them sitting at 0% capacity all the time. Research from Battery University proves that discharging your battery to 50% rather than 90% or 0% is better for its long-term health. That is because a 50% discharge is the ideal level for a good ratio of cycle and usage.
Every Month, discharge to the Fullest
As long as you don’t abuse batteries made from lithium-ion, most current batteries can inform you when they’re getting close to their end of life expectancy (e.g. “2 hours, 15 minutes remaining”).
After several shallow discharges, this characteristic might go out of whack. This is why manufacturers suggest draining your battery to its maximum capacity once a month.
Conclusion
The next time your battery dies, keep these four easy steps in mind. In addition to these four steps, here are a few more things you can do to extend the battery life of your laptop:
- Use the battery-saving mode to extend the life of your battery.
- Disconnect any battery-operated devices, such as hard drives and cameras.
- A sufficient amount of RAM is a must.
- Dim the screen’s illumination.
- When you don’t require a connection, turn off your WiFi and Bluetooth.
