Rechargeable Battery Care as Fast As Possible
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·2014-05-07
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your phones tablets notebooks and toys all need batteries and while thankfully
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we're not stuck with the old way of buying them using them one time and then
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going to the store to buy more the rechargeable batteries that are tightly
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integrated into many modern electronic gizmos aren't perfect and they do have a
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limited number of discharge Cycles so taking good care of them is a must now
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most of your devices with integrated batteries will use lithium ion batteries
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so we'll focus on those first up the conventional wisdom about the memory
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effect a tendency of older batteries to forget their total capacity if you
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didn't completely discharge them from time to time well forget about that that
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shiz is so outdated it might as well be a portable CD player deep discharge
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Cycles are actually terrible for your lithium ion batteries and can cause them
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to stop working outright the good news is that your devices have mechanisms to
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prevent them from occurring during normal use like you know how your phone
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turns off while it still seems to have some life in it
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that's it so as long as you don't go out of your way to circumvent these safeties
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you don't need to worry but what about not normal use like when a device won't
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be used for a while great question prior to storage your lithium ion batteries
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should be at about half capacity and then they should be kept in a cool place
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while you're not using them the basement is a good bet if you have one otherwise
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some folks recommend the fridge but don't think that colder is always better
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and please don't store them in the freezer extreme cold can affect your
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batter's Health just just like extreme hot can higher temperatures can cause
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faster discharges so worse immediate performance and reduce the overall
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lifespan of your battery but since you can't spend your life in a fridge a lot
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of the time higher than optimal temperature simply can't be avoided I
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mean even in the design of a product It's Not Unusual to see a battery stuck
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right next to other components that kick off a ton of heat like high performance
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CPUs but you can still make the best of a bad situation by ensuring all your
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ventilation holes are unobstructed and avoiding direct sunlight or other
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unnecessarily toasty environments another related no no is assuming that
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you're going to preserve your precious discharge Cycles by leaving your device
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plugged in all the time modern Chargers and I guess another Pro tip here is to
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use a compatible one preferably the one that came with your device may have
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safeties that prevent explosive overcharging but having your battery sit
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and trickle charge while safe both
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increases temperature and doesn't help the battery stay in shape a bit of light
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exercise so shallow discharges and then recharges is good for both you and your
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battery okay then so if I can't save up my Cycles how do I even keep track of
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how many I'm using am I eating one up every time I plug into the wall not at
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all a charge cycle is counted each time you've used a total of 100% of the
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battery's capacity even if you spread the use out over several partial
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discharges this this diagram from Apple actually explains it quite well speaking
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of Apple some of their products use Lithium Polymer batteries so let's touch
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on those very briefly carewise they're very similar to lithium ion
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batteries you're welcome so that's the basics but with all of that said I'm not
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trying to stress you out about this stuff and I wanted to be clear that
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these are just best practices to get the most out of your battery and while they
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will help bending the rules here and there to make your life a bit easier it
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let Say by using a wireless charger from time to time which causes the battery to
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