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    15% wear on 1810 after 4 months!

    Discussion in 'Acer' started by n0elia, Apr 17, 2010.

  1. n0elia

    n0elia Come on Haswell...

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    I have 15% wear on the 1810tz battery after 4 months! What's up with that?
    I know 15% isn't much, but after 4 months it IS...
    So if it continues this way, the wear level will be 30% after 8 months...

    How's your battery wear on the 1810?
     
    n0elia, Apr 17, 2010
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  2. BruBoo

    BruBoo Notebook Evangelist

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    Did you look at the 'wear' when it was new, mine came with 2% down already

    Organic lithium cells are strange creatures. . .

    It is reasonable to expect a life of at least 300 - 500 cycles (so you can finish a battery off (<50% capacity) in a year of daily discharge and nightly recharges) Heavily used mobiles often lose talk time in the same way after 12- 18 months.

    Also a typical 'chemical' life of 5 years would apply even to cells in a drawer.

    The two factors degrade the cells together, so you could get a 500 cycle life if you went crazy in the the first months but probably only 200 spread over 5 years

    You just have to treat Batteries as a consumable and try to find a cost effective source of replacements
     
    BruBoo, Apr 17, 2010
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