[Ham-Computers] Laptop Battery Question

[Jim Hill]

Herb:  I recently bought a notebook battery and checked on battery 
life.  The following link has interesting info:
http://www.batteryuniversity.com/parttwo-34.htm

Notice that leaving the battery in the laptop is the worst way to 
prolong battery life.  I leave my old battery, which has about a 10 
minute life, in the laptop and keep my new battery in a cool place, 
partially charged.

Jim



At 08:22 AM 11/17/2008, you wrote:
>OK, here is another question regarding laptop power.
>
>I usually (99% of the time) operate my laptop while connected to shore power
>(120 VAC) and hardly ever use the laptop battery.  So, needless to say, the
>laptop battery dies within a year or two and I can not run the laptop on
>that battery for more than a few minutes any more.  It still does prevent
>power glitches since the laptop battery will work for at least 5 minutes to
>take care of any power company switching transients.