ThinkPad Laptop Battery
Maintaining your ThinkPad Laptop Battery
The life span of a ThinkPad Laptop Battery is determined by the number of times of its charge cycles. Increased number of charge cycles reduces the fully charged power of the ThinkPad Laptop Battery.
The running time of a ThinkPad Laptop Battery is determined by the current running watts of the computer. The equation is as follows: Running time = fully charged battery/ computer running watts.
In order to extend running time of the ThinkPad batteries, one should reduce the running watts of the ThinkPad computer. This may be done by using the “longest battery life” power management solution located in the power management devices. One should close the wireless LAN or Bluetooth features, and also avoid using any external USB devices or other equipment. Also cease using any CPU intensive calculation operations and procedures.
If you stop charging the ThinkPad Laptop Battery before it is fully charged, it will display that the battery is not 100% charged. However, with time as you accumulate the number of charge cycles, the fully charged power of the ThinkPad Laptop Battery will gradually diminish and after some time the battery will be displayed as being 100% charged.
It is common for the battery power of the ThinkPad Laptop Battery to continue diminishing even though the adapter is plugged into the ThinkPad and is in use. This is a common occurrence of self-discharge and is no cause for alarm to users.
In the event that you will not need to use your ThinkPad Laptop Battery over a long period of time, it is advisable that you find a way to preserve it. You may preserve your ThinkPad Laptop Battery by charging it to 60%, taking it out of the computer then placing it inside a plastic bag and thereafter in a cool, dry place. Ensure that you take it out for discharging and recharging every six months after that.
