Laptop Battery Knowledge Q & A

Q1: usually said 3-cell, 6-cell battery refers to what? And does it relate to battery capacity?

A: 3-cell, 6-cell is the number of cells in the batteries. The more cells the greater capacity of the battery is, and can be used for a longer time.

Q2: What types does Laptop battery have?

A: There are nickel-chromium batteries, nickel-metal hydride batteries, lithium batteries, they are generally expressed as: Ni-Cd, Ni-MH, Li. In recent years, there appears a fuel cell in the laptop field. Today’s laptops generally use lithium batteries, but a few models still use the elimination nickel-metal hydride batteries, consumers can identify from the Dell GD761 battery tag.

Q3: Why does the manufacturer only for one-year battery’s warranty?

A: For the short life of lithium ion. The chargeable number of ordinary lithium is only 400-600 times, specially modified products for 800 times, scrapped after using for two years.

Q4: Why battery using time is less than the manufacturers’ nominal time?

A: The test conditions are not the same. Some manufacturers use 8-cell hp 367759-001 battery for testing, but to the user is 6-cell battery; some manufacturers turn off all the procedures, lowering the LCD screen brightness, disable the interface by means of power to detect the use of time, which in everyday applications simply can not be achieved; some vendors only use software testing, software may lead to errors.

Q5: what should pay attention to about battery use and preservation?

Answer: Pay attention to these issues: the beginning of several charge must be filled with more than eight hours to fully activate the lithium apple A1061 battery; be careful not to over-discharge; best not to use the power adapter and battery at the same time.

Save attention: You’d better take out the battery each month to charge; Do not charge full when save the battery, charge to 40% ~ 50% of the electricity is suitable; stored in a dry cool place.