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    P150EM vs. P170EM Battery Life

    Discussion in 'Sager and Clevo' started by mortalcombat, Jun 28, 2012.

  1. mortalcombat

    mortalcombat Notebook Consultant

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    Considering the same specs, will the 15" have more battery life than the 17"?

    1. Is the 17inch's battery bigger?
    2. Since the screen is bigger, does it drain more battery? (or does it not matter due to the same number of pixels?)
     
    mortalcombat, Jun 28, 2012
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    truekiller28 Notebook Consultant

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    I don't know how much difference it makes between 15" and 17" about battery but I can tell you I've reached 3H20 of movie playback (Divx, not Blu-Ray) on Power Saving Windows Profile. This is nice thought, this battery represents about 2 movies ( Full bright screen and Speakers on maximum).
     
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  3. jaug1337

    jaug1337 de_dust2

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    P170EM

    P150EM

    :) the P150EM has a 1 hour longer battery life when idle = 10 min longer when under load.....
     
    jaug1337, Jun 28, 2012
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  4. chuckles87

    chuckles87 Notebook Consultant

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    can anyone answer if they use different battery types , and do they use different adapters?
     
    chuckles87, Jun 28, 2012
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  5. hizzaah

    hizzaah Notebook Virtuoso

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    Battery is the same iirc, 17" uses a 220W psu and and 15" uses 180W
     
    hizzaah, Jun 28, 2012
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  6. chuckles87

    chuckles87 Notebook Consultant

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    i had to return my 15 inch because of a problem without the battery and the psu , can the 15 inch psu work on the 17 inch one or it will damage it?
     
    chuckles87, Jun 28, 2012
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  7. aduy

    aduy Keeping it cool since 93'

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    its a different connector unfortunately.
     
    aduy, Jun 28, 2012
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    ^^what he said. They use different connectors.. We've discussed using the 220W on a 150EM before but decided it wasn't worth the effort of trying to cannibalize the connectors. (and not really necessary)
     
    hizzaah, Jun 28, 2012
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