Thread: Battery life between charges
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Old 07-27-2010, 05:10 PM   #10
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Originally Posted by mr ploppy View Post
Possibly. I was thinking about my daughter's laptop and how it will only run for about 20 minutes because of the way she charges it.
It might be a really old Laptop (W9x era) if it had NiCd batteries.
Modern laptops use NiMh or LiOn . Deep discharge really shortens the life of the battery.
I have an older Toshiba that gets 20-40 Minutes. The battery is 8YEARS old so 30% capacity does not worry me as much as the $125 a new battery would cost
Also, running the Laptop with the wrong settings (Screen full bright, Never sleeps, Audio cranked up) will suck juice.
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