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    What is your battery wear level?

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by AdmonFrey, Jul 11, 2011.

  1. AdmonFrey

    AdmonFrey Notebook Enthusiast

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    The battery that came with my L502X was already fully charged. So to store it, i discharged it to around 40%. After few weeks, around 7 weeks of storage, I took it out to use from my laptop bag and i found out that my battery wear level is at 4%, from CPUID Hardware Monitor. I have only used it once or twice.
    Is this what you have too?
     
    AdmonFrey, Jul 11, 2011
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  2. DakkonA

    DakkonA Notebook Evangelist

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    About the same here right out of the box.
     
    DakkonA, Jul 12, 2011
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    AdmonFrey Notebook Enthusiast

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    What's the laptop and battery wear level percentage?
    Why is it not 0%? It's a new battery, right?
     
    AdmonFrey, Jul 12, 2011
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    The wear level is caused by age and count of cycles of the battery.
    It's possible, that the laptop/battery was some time in stock, store, ... - so it is normal.
    I bought my ntb and battery wear level after two cycles was about 5%. After one year of using it (charge/recharge 100% -> 20% -> 100% five times/week) I have wear level about 14% (original 6-cell MSI Li-Ion battery).

    No stress. :)

    Regards,

    JK
     
    JejKey, Jul 12, 2011
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  5. Red Line

    Red Line Notebook Deity

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    Same for me, 4% after 1,5 months of usage with up to 10 times charge/discharge! So i decided to take it out and leave in some place for quite a bit. Check if the situation changes in a month or so!
     
    Red Line, Jul 12, 2011
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    My battery wear level was 3% 3 days after it arrived at my doorstep. At first I was concerned but after having the battery last me over 6 hours (9 cell)....I no longer felt it was an issue.

    Sloth
     
    Slothzilla, Jul 12, 2011
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  7. DakkonA

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    It's also possible that the batteries simply aren't made consistently enough to charge to 100% of spec, but the battery circuitry has a single set max value.
     
    DakkonA, Jul 12, 2011
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    why does my hwmonitor not report anything.
     
    tvdang7, Jul 13, 2011
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