Problem with adapter and Battery question.

Hello.

My adapter/battery charger cable was considerably damaged and it won't work until i find someone to fix that for me.

I'm not sure if this is the right place to ask this, actually.

The damaged adapter has:
IN: 100-240v, ~2.4A, 50-60Hz.
OUT: 19v, ~4.7A

I have another one here, from an old Toshiba notebook, it is:
IN: 100-240v, 1.3A, 50-60Hz
OUT: 19v, 3.95A.

Would it ever work? I can expect the obvious answer, but worth the asking, i don't think its worth to risk it. I would only use it for a few days, anyway.


Plus, does plugging the notebook to recharge with like, half of the battery charge left, damage the battery life in long term? I try to avoid that at max, but i was able to get 4h+ battery at the beginning and now i feel im getting only 3h and little. I do fully discharge the battery and recharge it often. The notebook has like a month of usage.

Fortunately the notebook has not been damaged (and fortunately my friend is still alive, cuz he cut it with a metalic object, which is a long story, lol). Thats it, thank you in advance!

 

bad luck you might have to get a new one from the manufacturer or alternativly you could buy one of those adapters that work with every laptop

 

The power brick should work temporarily but would advice only use for charging with the lappy switched off and use it on battery mode until you get a replacement. Toshiba power bricks are pretty cheap too... The voltage is correct but carries less current so may not provide enough juice in full flow.

Depleting your battery and then recharging is not a good thing. It does more harm than good. Best to recharge whenever you need to but I wouldn't do it too often below 60% because you lose charging cycles. Li-ion batteries have a limited number of cycles but does not have any memory affect.

 

Alright, thank you for both answers!

Just another question, using the Toshiba adapter won't affect any parts on my notebook, will it? Considering i will follow the advice and use it only to charge. For a couple days.

 

The battery guide on this sight has more than you ever wanted to know about batts. Just to clarify and emphasize what was said above. There is no reason to run your batt down when you don't have to. The advice you may read about full discharge every 30 days or cycles is a calibration issue not a battery life extension issue. 60% is not any kind of magic number for not discharging below. You don't want to run any lower than you need to as with limited # of "full cycle" partial do not count equal to "full", basically two 50% charges count as 1 "full cycle" so charge as needed and don't run on batts unless you need to. Your batt can not overcharge or undercharge in normal use so you do not have to worry. You can leave it plugged in whenever you like.

As to your last question, I am no kind of expert on that but seeing as your notebook will be off see no way it could affect other components.

 

Well, just to give up feedback.

The Toshiba adapter didnt fit on the port. I ended up being a couple days without the notebook.

Thanks for the tips on the battery, i will stop draining the battery often. I hope this month of draining it up before charging, like, twice a week, didnt affect it too much. Today it showed 4h+ when i booted it so i guess it's still normal. Good that it doesn't have the "memory effect" i feel way more confortable and its one thing less annoying me.

Back to the adapter, i went to some shop and some nice guy fixed the cable to me in a few minutes and asked me for, equivalently, half a dollar It works good, looks like the damage was really simple.

Thanks all, rep'd.