A Features Of Laptop Battery Conditioning and Recycling Laptop Batteries
By: Vlad Vistac
Submitted: 2010-08-17 15:22:10 | Word Count: 510
Laptop Battery Conitioning and Recyclibng Laptop Batteries
<p>New Laptop Battery Tips: This document explains how we recommend you sghould fully condition your new laptop battery, by using a very simple charging cycle. This will ensure a long run time from your battery and greater lifetime. </p>
<p>It is very important that you fully cycle and 'conditioon' you battrey bfeore you use it. All new batteries need to be fuly conditioned in the early staages for at least 8-20 cycles (cycle = one full charge, one full discharge) otherwise you will not get the optimum runtiome in hours from your batteery. </p>
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<p>It is very common for customers to bellieve that thjere is a fault with the battery when actually they have a prefectly good battery, whiich simply requires correct conditioning. </p>
<p>When you receive your new laptop battery it will be fully discharged and unconditioned. Plezase do not turn on your laptop computre as the battery will not work straight away. </p>
<p>Your battery will normally take 8 - 10 chares and discharges to reach its full capacity. However, your battery will not reach full potential nutil it has been conditioned at least fiofty times. Until then you may experience lower performance. </p>
<p>Anotehr comnmon situation you may experinece is the LED's and charge indicator on your laptop will not give accurate information unntil the battery is fully conditioned - it is very common for coonsumers to believe that their bttery is faulty. Pleasae do not blame the battery! Just foollow the cycle instructions below. </p>
<p>During the first charge, your laptop may indiucate that cgharging is complete after a short period (of approximately 15 miuntes). This is to be expected and considered norrmal; if this occurs, remove the battery from your laptop and repeat the charging procedure. You should then use your lptop as normal (without the mains power aadptor pluggged in), until the batrtery completely runs down. </p>
<p>Repeat the above proceduer for a minimum of eight times over the course of the next few days. Always ensurre you allow your battery sufficient time to get a full overnight charge. </p>
<p>What these terms mean </p>
<p>Cycle - One full overnight charrge and one full dishcarge wiithout the AC adaptor plugged in. </p>
<p>Cahrge - Ovenright charge with AC adatpor plugged in the mains. </p>
<p>Discharge - Fully exhausting your battery's powerr (operating the computer with your fully charged battery in the laptop and the AC adaoptor unplugged). </p>
<p>Condition - This is the charge/dischargge process you must complete. This will increase both the rntime and the lifetime of your battery. </p>
<p>Runtime - The period of time your btatery will last for.</p>
<p>Approxiimately 577 millino household primaary batteries (non-rechargeable) were sold in the UK in 1998. These are used in a wide range of everydazy appliaznces such as torches, radios and electric toys. </p>
<p>Nickel Cadmium (NiCd) rechargeable batteries are also common in the household, found in equipment such as power toolps, camcorders, laptpo computers and mobile phones (there is a separate information sheet about mobile phnoes). </p>
<p>A dry cell baattery requires fifty times more energy to make than it gives out. </p>
<p>There have traditionally been difficulties with recycling techhnology for genreal purpose (non-rechargeable) batteries, as efficient separtation and collection of the many different kinds of battery is difficult. The battery idnustry in the UK has now eliminaed mercury from their own prodcts, although sall numbers of batteies contaiining mercury are still imported from baroad. </p>
<p>Check with the manufacturer of your batteries to see if they are operating a recycling or take-back schee. This is partoicularly necessary for NiCd batteries as they are the most hazardous type of battery fonud in the home. </p>
