Properly charging a new laptop battery?

Question

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I bought a battery for the old Samsung R60plus, now the question arose: how to start using it correctly?
I read on various sites - as a result, a mess of information. In Samsung itself, the consultant clearly did not answer anything.
That's why I'm asking the community for help.
Shl The laptop is almost always included in the power supply.

Answer 1

Just use it and don't bother.

Answer 2

At the beginning of using the new netbook, I also wondered how to save the advertising 8 hours from the battery. After reading dozens of forums, I realized that I had read several completely opposite opinions. I settled on one idea: the manufacturer does not benefit from the long life of your battery.
Therefore, the official answer is most often full charge / discharge cycles (at least once every two weeks), then the capacity does not decrease rapidly. With this approach, do not forget that the battery has a "head". She counts the number of cycles and artificially compresses the hours of work. In addition, there is a difference in the chemical composition - only NiMH batteries “lose” capacity. Lion - no.
Removing the battery is a safety option, in my opinion, dubious. A charged battery will sit down (remember at least the players).
In my samsung n150 with a LiIon battery, I try not to completely drain the battery. I leave at least 15% and in the outlet. At home I use it with connected power. Thus, the battery is almost always charged. After full-charging, the controller turns off charging and the beech simply works bypassing the battery from the 220V network.
For almost a year of use, the loss in capacity is 2-3% (according to a small utility hanging in the tray next to the clock).
The above material is purely personal opinion and my own approach to this issue.

Answer 3

Do not discharge less than 20% and the capacity will last longer. Though it doesn't always work :)

Answer 4

After reading the instructions and forums for myself, I decided this: 1
) Do not discharge to 0% without unnecessary need
the laptop heats up a little
3) If I know that the battery will lie for more than a couple of days, I lower the charge to 60% and store it in this state. I read somewhere that when fully charged, it loses capacity faster. In addition, when buying a laptop, the battery was 60%, and since it could lie in the warehouse for a long time before buying, I think the manufacturer thought about the loss of capacity

Answer 5

Helpful topic!
In the first days after the purchase, I also re-read a bunch of information, after reading the porridge in my head. Some say one thing, others say the opposite.
The only thing that agreed was:
1. Let the battery run down as long as possible. Do not charge when there is still 30% or more.
2. The battery needs to be trained from time to time. Discharge at the maximum level (run a heavy program, Wi-Fi, backlight). After discharging, charge with the computer turned off.
3. Do not lower the battery charge below 10%
In my laptop instructions it says:

Remember that the power supply charges the battery all the time that it is connected to the computer and to the mains.

This is what I didn't understand at all.

Answer 6

On foreign forums, I read one useful howto for Li-pol batteries, if it is old and has lost up to 70% in capacity, then it can be revived almost to full capacity - we wrap the battery in a bag and put it in the freezer for 15 hours, then we take it out of the freezer and package and wrap it in a rag so that frost does not form and it slowly warms up (if formed, then wipe it). I checked it on my battery from a 4-year-old macbook and was amazed that it really worked for four hours. (I did the operation once, after the tests I will try to repeat it) “concerns Li-pol batteries”

Answer 7

Didn't bother at all. Always in the laptop and discharged completely and never pulled out. Lost 4% in a year and a half. Samsung R528. So don't worry and just use it =)