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Remove battery when using AC power?

post #1 of 8
12/21/09 at 2:12pm
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Many sources said that removing your battery when using the AC power is a good thing to do for the battery, in terms of its life, etc...
Is this true?
I have a new notebook and I use it as a desktop replacement, so it will be on AC all the time.

Btw, I had my old notebook for almost 5 years now, and I've never plugged/used the battery even once ever since I bought it 5 years ago.
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post #2 of 8
12/21/09 at 6:07pm
Personal preference mostly, for me anyway. I have my battery plugged in at all times and using it as an uninterrupted power supply just in case the electricity goes down

cheers ...
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post #3 of 8
12/22/09 at 12:57am
If you really never use batt then leaving at 50% charge and storing in the fridge will prolong it's life. Ability to hold a charge. But as qhn pointed out he does not do I do not either. I mean how practical is that? Not for most.
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post #4 of 8
12/23/09 at 7:00am
I tend to leave batteries on while in use, mainly as qhn stated.. I have had few issues on my new lappies with batteries... 2nd hand, not so good (well, you don't know how the previous owner treated it)..
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post #5 of 8
12/24/09 at 1:11am
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Originally Posted by qhn View Post
Personal preference mostly, for me anyway. I have my battery plugged in at all times and using it as an uninterrupted power supply just in case the electricity goes down

cheers ...
I do the same. I use them as a back up battery.
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post #6 of 8
12/30/09 at 8:49pm
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post #7 of 8
12/31/09 at 4:56am
Another irreplaceable benefit of leaving the battery in the whole time in a laptop is the ability to go totally tether-free during (thunder)storms. Disconnect the AC adapter and Ethernet cable and run using the batterie(s) and WLAN - you would be protected from any errant power surges caused indirectly by lightning strikes af any earthly magnitude.

I sometimes supplement that with another external auxilliary Li-Ion battery as well as a pair of back-to-back ethernet media converters, but most people probably won't go that far.
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post #8 of 8
12/31/09 at 7:50am
I always wanted to try that ethernet media converter, but since most of my electronics are hooked onto power surge strips (the $$$$ one) I figure that I might not need it.

cheers ...
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