A laptop battery is a very important part of your computer. If it’s not healthy, your computer might not last as long as you’d like it to. Here are a few ways to keep your laptop battery healthy and working for as long as possible:
1. Keep your laptop battery cool. If it gets too hot, it will wear down faster.
2. Don’t let your laptop battery discharge completely. This will also wear down the battery.
3. Make sure you’re charging your laptop battery correctly. Charging it incorrectly can also damage the battery.
4. If your laptop battery has removable cells, you should remove them when you’re not using it for long periods of time. This is to ensure that no battery cells are damaged due to non-use.
5. Now that we’ve mentioned it, make sure you also give the cells inside of your battery a break from time to time by removing them.
6. Be careful about the products you use to clean your battery cells. Some cleaners might damage the cells, which would make it harder for your laptop battery to hold a charge. Use only cleaners that are specifically made for batteries.
7. Keep dust away from your battery cells when you’re not using your laptop for a long time. Dust can also damage the cells.
8. Don’t let your laptop battery get too cold or hot. This can be bad for it and shorten its life span. Keep it out of direct sunlight, avoid putting it near a heating source, and don’t leave in extremely cold places before using it again.
Use Of Battery savings Power Options
Windows has several battery saver power plans that you can use to prolong the life of your battery. To find these plans, open up the Control Panel and go to Power Options.
Once you’re in the Power Options window, click on the “Change plan settings” button for the power plan that you’re currently using. This will bring up a new window with more options.
Under “Battery saver settings,” you’ll see two options: “Turn off the display” and “Put the computer to sleep.” By default, both of these options are turned on.
To save battery, you can either turn off one or both of these options. If you only turn off one, the other will stay on and you’ll still save battery, but not as much. It’s up to you which of these options you want to keep enabled and which one(s) you want to turn off.
Check the condition of your laptop battery
When it comes to keeping a laptop battery healthy, checking its condition is extremely important. To do this, just open up your Control Panel and go to “System and Security.”
Once you’re in the “System and Security” window, click on the “Battery Report” link. This will bring up a new window with your battery information. Here is where you can see how much wear your battery has sustained over time.
Change Power Schemes
Windows has several different power schemes that you can choose from. Power schemes tell your computer which settings it should use when plugged in and unplugged. To access these schemes, open up the Control Panel and go to “Power Options.”
Reduce Display Brightness
As far as battery-saving measures go, reducing display brightness might seem a bit obvious, but it can actually make a big difference. It takes more power to display a brighter image, so keeping your brightness low will help you save battery life. To change your display’s brightness, open up the Control Panel and go to “Hardware and Sound.”
Once you’re in the “Hardware and Sound” window, click on the “Adjust screen brightness” link. This will bring up a new window with an “Adjusmment” slider at the bottom. Drag the slider to the left to make your display less bright or to the right to make it more bright.
Disable Vsync and Swapfile on Windows 10
Windows has several built-in settings that can help you save battery if you know about them. One of these settings is called “Vsync.” Vsync tells your computer how many frames per second it should be able to draw to your screen so that everything runs smoothly.
If you use Windows 10, open the Control Panel and go to “System and Security.” Once there, click on “Power Options.”
Once you’re in the power options window, click on “Additional power settings.” This will bring up a new window with more advanced battery settings. Click on “Change plan settings” next to the power plan that you use.
This will bring up a new window with even more advanced battery settings. Click on “Change advanced power settings” at the bottom.
Scroll down and expand the “Display” category. There, you should see a setting called “Vsync.” If this is set to “Perform fast sync,” change it to “Off.” Doing so will disable Vsync and thus save battery life. You can do the same thing for Swapfile if you want to save more battery.
Turn off Bluetooth
Bluetooth is another one of those settings that you might not think needs to be disabled in order to save battery, but it actually does use some power. If you don’t need Bluetooth on your laptop, go ahead and turn it off by opening the Control Panel and going to “Devices and Printers.”
Once there, find your Bluetooth icon in the task bar. Right click on it and select “Open Bluetooth Settings.” This will bring up a new window with all of your Bluetooth settings. Find the setting that says “Bluetooth” or “On” under Power Management and turn it to off.