Storage guidelines could preserve Dell latitude e5500 battery life

Dell Latitude E5500 laptop has the P8600 Core 2 Duo 2.4Ghz cpu and it’s very quick and runs quiet as anything, the fan can take up to 2-3 hrs to turn on. Combined with a 9-cells extended life battery, could get over 6 hours of Dell latitude e5500 laptop battery life, a whole days work on one charge.

Best Guidelines Dell recommend for battery storage for a long period of time

When storing your Dell laptop computer for more than 4 days following storage guidelines can better preserve your Dell latitude e5500 laptop battery life:

• Notebook batteries may be stored in the laptop or outside of the laptop.
• Charge laptop battery before storing. The recommended charging time should not exceed 1 hour. Typically, this should charge the battery to between 80% and 100%. (Some discharge will take place over time. Stored notebook batteries are expected to discharge 10-15% over a four month period, for your information.)
• Do not store Dell latitude e4310 laptop battery for long periods plugged into or attached to any power source. This includes laptop AC adapter and laptop security carts plugged into an outlet.
• Laptop batteries, including those stored in laptop systems, should maintain an Operational Storage Temperature of 0° to 35°C (32° to 95°F).

Storing a Li-ion laptop battery at the correct temperature and charge makes all the difference in maintaining its storage capacity. It is significantly beneficial to avoid storing a lithium-ion battery at full charge. A Li-ion battery stored at 40% charge will last many times longer than one stored at 100% charge, particularly at higher temperatures.