battery best practices

[Ivan Avery Frey]

Madison Kelly wrote:
> Hi all,
> 
>   I got a new battery for my aging laptop :). This got me thinking; 
> given that almost every day I use the laptop on batteries what would be 
> better for the long-term life of the battery:
> 
> - Fully discharge it before plugging it back in (one or twice a day)
> - Plug it in as soon as I can.
> 
>   The first option will prevent memory (it's LiIon), but the second 
> option doesn't draw on the battery as much.
> 

LiIon don't suffer from "memory" issues. They also don't like full discharges 
too much.

My Sony camcorder manual recommended a full discharge of the LiIon battery once 
a year if it wasn't being used.

Ivan.
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