Sager burn in

I was bored and was flipping through the manual when I saw something I commonly see in electronic manuals. There was something about discharging the battery completely before charging it up. I never really cared since I read something about that was due to nickle batteries and lithium doesn't have that problem. But since my laptop is a huge investment for me, I was wondering if sager already did all that battery stuff when they burned it in.

 

cant be sure about that, just let it get to 100% and do a full charge cycle (by letting it discharge to around 5-10% and charge it back to full).

 

in cases like this, a low battery life is a good thing, right? lol.

 

just make sure to not overcharge your battery by keeping it plugged into the AC 24/7.

make sure to give it full charge cycles once or twice a week to keep the battery healthy.

 

There's a useful little website called Battery University that contains a wealth of information on batteries, including lithium ion batteries of the sort used in notebooks. That website has a specific page devoting to charging called the How to charge - when to charge table.

The Wikipedia article on Lithium ion batteries is also useful.

 

I dont really care... I dont really plan on taking this out on a plane, car, bus, train...etc..or even starbucks....

sorry if that sounded quite harsh, but the reality of the NP9262 is unplug move to another room and keep on gaming without missing a beat....

 

Hi Gophn,

One time Charge and Discharge initially ... is it enough? Or should it be done 2 or 3 times!?!?

Thanks,
G!

 

Even in the Clevo Manual tells you that if you want your battery to be healthy... either you take out the battery or leave it in with the AC power constantly plugged in...

"You should give a full charge cycle at least once a month."

Although I recommend once a week, especially if you use it a lot like me.

 

Hi Gophn,

Thanks for the reply. Here is what I have gotten used to doing ... Turn on the laptop at the start of the day Plugged into A/C withthe battery running and set to not go passed 75% cahrge (program comes with Sager 2092) ... and then like you said once a week I let the battery run down to 40% and let it charge back up to 80%.

But after reading your posts and Shyster "Battery Univ" ... I think I will opt for
1) Turn on Laptop and Plug in A/C
2) Run Battery at full charge (which usually shows 98 or 99% ... never 100%)
3) When Discharging once a week .. I will run it down to 20% (per Shyster's Univ Guide) but NOT Lower than that. Then charge it back up.

I guess that would be a Full Proof plan for the Lithuim-Ion Battery Charging, Discharging & Maintainance.

Thanks,
G!