Maximizing HP COMPAQ 418867-001 Battery life on the go:
- Use power management on your laptop to minimize power consumption e.g. Lower LCD brightness to the minimum comfortabble level, Shut down Wi-Fi if you are offline, turn off and power down on everything else you don’t need. Most current laptops come with a customised Power Management tool, simply select Maximum Battery life as shown below for an Acer laptop. If your laptop does not have this, you can manage Windows Power Management by clicking on Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintanence > Power Options. While it is normal to be warm during charging, if your laptop battery feels too hot, or suddenly much hotter than usual, call customer service before your warranty expires.
- Install more RAM, this takes the workload off hard drive which is more power hungry.
- Remove unused PC cards, USB devices when not in use.
All Laptop batteries have a limited life span, every time you charge and discharge HP Compaq 418867-001 laptop battery, it loses a little bit of capacity. This is because batteries naturally lose charge on their own and heat makes them loose it faster, as charging produces heat, every charge shrinks a little bit of capacity.
Even when not in use, for example, a Li-ion typically loses about 15% per month but Ni-MH is about 50% per month depending on temperature.
Depending on how you use and look after your laptop battery, you can make it last as long as possible, saving on replacement or repair costs. Following a few common sense tips can also make your laptop battery last longer on the go and avoid running out at inconvenient times.
Daily properly usage for better performance:
- If you plug in your laptop all the time, like in your place or work, it is important to take out the battery, as keeping it in the laptop while connected to the AC ac adapter constantly charges and discharges your battery, this will shorten battery life and eventually reduce your battery capacity to useless.
- Optimal Charge points, Lithium Ion Batteries are best recharged at 15% capacity, while Ni-MH batteries work better if charged after full discharge.
- Keep your laptop as cool as possible, avoid using it on surfaces that block airvents, the hotter your laptop, the more heat generated that can shorten laptop battery life.
- If you have accidently allowed your battery to get too hot or cold, for example, leaving it in the car on a really hot day or leaving it the car overnight in very cold weather, please allow HP nc6400 notebook battery to slowing return to room temperature before using it.
