can you run a laptop 24/7?

I'm looking at downsizing and simplifying, hence serious considerations on getting a laptop. I'm part of FAH tho, so I'd want to fold as much as I could. I undestand that it's best to take the battery out when you have your laptop jacked into a power adapter, but can a laptop sustain long hours of powered use without being adversely affected?

 

1. there's no need to take the battery out when on a/c; in fact, i would argue it's a bad idea

2. you can run a notebook 24/7 without any adverse effects as long as you give it proper airflow/keep it cool/keep it dustfree

 

I suggest to get a notebook cooler.

 

It seem's others have beat me to it.
The only other thing I can suggest is to turn off your laptop when you will not be using it for long periods of time. example days of no use at a one time. There's no point in wasting electricity it you don't need to.

 

yep, a laptop cooler is what I'll have, perhaps some homemade concoction with 120mm fans.

that aside, why would you argue it's bad to remove your battery Drumfu? it's what I was reading in an article online about how to preserve your laptop and one of the recommendations was to remove the battery for long times on the adapter. just make sure you do use the battery to discharge it and recharge it so that it will maintain it's own usable health.

 

From my experience I would suggest to remove the notebook battery. I have an older Thinkpad T20 which was turned on most of the time and it's battery has gone down from about 3h to just about 50 minutes. Hope that helps.

 

but removing the notebook battery would allow dust to gather inside, and for most laptop it is part of the structure, and modern laptop has battery management system which would not charge if it is not fallen in to preset defined level (e.g. 75%). my suggestion is, unplugged the laptop from the A/C at least once a week used up your battery to 20% and then recharged it. the major contributor of li-ion battery breaking down is because it is not used (which will makes the li-ion oxidised) and of course HEAT, smart laptop manufacturer usually seperate the battery from the heat producer (e.g. cpu, video-card, etc.).

 

you need to make sure any info you're reading is about li ion batteries.

the bottom line with li ion batts is

1. heat is the enemy. keep your battery (and notebook) within normal temps.
2. there is a builtin lifespan of about 500 discharges/recharges. this means that if you unnecessarily discharge and recharge the battery, you're also unnecessarily shortening the lifespan of the battery. assuming 1/day, its about a 1.5 years. (note that you should discharge if the battery meter starts getting out of whack; a dishcarge should recalibrate it)
3. the battery will stop charging when it hits 100%, there is no risk of early death leaving it in.

you can read up at batteryuniversity.com... there's a lot of info, but the salient points are listed above.

 

I almost never unplug my DTR laptop, and I don't take out the battery. it stays fine because its on the cooling pad.

 

I fold on all three of my laptops, with no adverse effects. They run 24/7 at full load.