Question about laptop battery..

[El Magnifico]

Hey all,

I have an LG E500-G laptop, and I kinda have it on all the time..

I keep the battery inside with the charger connected to avoid data loss in case of electricity breakdown.

I am aware that overcharging a battery reduces its life,, all I am asking is

when the battery reaches 100% charging level it stops charging and battery light turns off and taskbar icon says

on ac power....even if the level drops a little it wont charge again until it reaches 95%

If I keep it this way does this reduce its life? Do I have to disconnect it when the charger is connected even if it is not charging?

[catgate]

You are unlikely to get data loss if your battery goes flat. That is only like switching a desktop PC off. The CMOS battery, which looks after your BIOS settings, is a different story and they need renewing rather than charging.

The theory of recharging your main power battery is rather complex. Theory says that as your battery gets "filled" it slowly increases its resistance to more filling, until it can take no more, due to the amount of electricity in the filled battery having as much "force" as the battery charger is putting out. This is an over simplification, of course.

There are various schools of thought on the matter and various gadgets on the marked for maintaining maximum charge. The end point is always that eventually no matter what you do you will require a new battery at some time down the line. Sealed rechargeable batteries, particularly NiCads, have a "memory" effect and need to be treated sensibly. A read through what this man has to say might help you.

http://www.uoguelph.ca/~antoon/hobby/techbat.htm

[Belatucadrus]

Some people even go as far as to seal the battery in a poly bag and store them in the fridge, I think this is overkill as like you I keep mine in the laptop which is mainly kept plugged in. It is generally accepted as good practice every now and again to switch to battery power and run it completely flat so that it runs through a full recharge cycle rather than continuously being topped up.

[Hb_Kai]

If you'd rather not loose your data by your battery dying on you, right click the little plug thing in the bottom near the time, audio, etc, and set your laptop to go into hibernate or stand-by or something when it gets to a percentage of its low life.

I do just what Belatucadras or whatever his name is said, but sometimes I forget to plug it back in, so still, I don't loose data. :)

Sorry, belatucadrasadavanana. :P