Why does my laptop seem to have a lower battery life the more I charge it?

Question

HELP!

Answer 1

your battery is on its way to the choir invisible. It happens, there is nothing you can do about it. Battery life is limited. You have not ruined it, you are doing it no more harm than it is doing to itself. You'll be needing a new battery; that's all.

Answer 2

it should be deep charged every once in a while (I ALWAYS do). From what I understand new batteries aren't "supposed" to have a memory but sometimes they seem like they do. Try running it till the battery dies, then fully charge it and repeat that. Do no charge it before it's fully dead, and don't unplug it until it's fully charged.

Also check how many programs you have running from start up, and make sure your disk isn't fragmented. A highly fragmented disk drive would cause the battery to drain faster and it may actually not be related to charging your battery at all.

To defragment: Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, Disk Defragmenter

Answer 3

It's known as the memory effect.

Basically the more you recharge a battery that isn't completely flat, the more you destroy it's ability to be recharged completely.

You must allow the battery to drain to it's lowest level - I would say at LEAST twice a week. That will preserve it's ability to be recharged.

Once it has drained to a critically low level you can recharge it properly. Alternatively, have a hunt around for a battery discharger which will normally discharge the battery to a safe level within a few hours.

Try to avoid recharging a 1/2 full battery every day or it's ability to be recharged is dramatically shortened.

J

Answer 4

You need to wait until the battery is completely drained before you re-charge it, as the battery has a memory, so if you only charge it for short bursts, that's all it will remember. The same goes for your mobile phone. Phone batteries are only guaranteed for 12 months, but mine's still going strong after 3 years(and it's never switched off) so it works for me! :)

Answer 5

This is the nature of any battery unfortunately. The key to extending the battery life for the longest possible time is to let it completely use all of its charge before recharging it and to charge it fully once it is empty. Charging it partially or only using part of your charge will cause your battery to get use to that and loose its potential charge.

Answer 6

Best advice regardless of model it's down to charge in battery. You need to drain battery completely then charge without using laptop. Laptop batteries were originally designed to run for 30mins to an hour. So drain it charge it on it's own then run with laptop.

Answer 7

Battery all ages, just as human. Thus, the longer you have used yoru battery, the sooner it will aged. This means that you may eventually have to replace your battery. For myself, I generally replace the laptop battery every 4 years, because it would be just getting too old, and I would have to charged it all the time.

Answer 8

i don't know if this applies to laptops or not, but here goes... my husband is a carpenter/tile setter and when the batteries get low on his drills he puts his hands around the tip of the drill and holds it real tight as it turns so it will run the battery completely down before he re-charges it, in other words what I'm saying is... try not to charge it when your battery is only half gone, wait til it's completely dead then charge it all the way up before you use it.

Answer 9

They all wear down after some time , but if you charge it up every 5 minutes it is not good, try letting it go completely flat a few times and then recharge completely again ( over night ) that might help it to get its memory back

Answer 10

for me, whenever I use my laptop on AC power, I pull off my batt. That will prevent overcharged (the same goes for handset). And when I need to use the laptop without AC power, I use the battery until it fully discharged. after that, I'll charge the battery and keep it again if I run the laptop on AC power again.