Question Is there any special instructions on how to use a 3-cell 41 WHr lithium-ion prismatic battery?

[shot]

My past laptops I have owned have had short life spans. I have heard many opinions on how to use each battery. Some say to keep it charging all the time, some say to remove the battery or only use the battery when electricity is not available. Now this new Laptop has this lithium-ion prismatic battery, I have no idea how to use it. Anyone with any ideas. Thanks in advance shot

 

[velocityg4]

Cylindrical batteries have gone out of favor a while ago. The prismatic batteries are popular in laptops, tablets and phones. As they are more space efficient. They have been so for a while now.
https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/types_of_battery_cells

The same general rules apply for care. As they are generally difficult to access. Removing them would be impractical. Also leaving them out on a shelf for when power is not available is impractical. As batteries lose charge sitting around. You'd have to make sure to maintain charge.
https://batterycare.net/en/guide.html

Just use it every once in a while. Perhaps discharge it 30% every month. Don't leave it sitting around in a hot place. Let the computer sleep for an hour before charging. If I recall correctly you want to discharge at least 20% before recharging. To minimize capacity loss.

If you want to get really nuts about it. Go into the the advanced power settings. Set a performance cap for the CPU and GPU to prevent pulse and momentary heavy loads. For when the laptop is on battery power.
https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/discharge_characteristics_li

If the battery is easily removed. Then by all means. Discharge it to 40% and store it in a cool dry place. If you are overly concerned about losing capacity.

 

[shot]

Thanks for the reply. This will be my first experience with this battery. I have a 6-year old HP laptop with the original battery which still gives me seven (7) hours of battery. I always took good care of it by unplugging it when fully charged. Best battery that I have ever owned. Just want to take care of it the correct way. Thanks again, shot.

Cylindrical batteries have gone out of favor a while ago. The prismatic batteries are popular in laptops, tablets and phones. As they are more space efficient. They have been so for a while now.
https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/types_of_battery_cells

The same general rules apply for care. As they are generally difficult to access. Removing them would be impractical. Also leaving them out on a shelf for when power is not available is impractical. As batteries lose charge sitting around. You'd have to make sure to maintain charge.
https://batterycare.net/en/guide.html

Just use it every once in a while. Perhaps discharge it 30% every month. Don't leave it sitting around in a hot place. Let the computer sleep for an hour before charging. If I recall correctly you want to discharge at least 20% before recharging. To minimize capacity loss.

If you want to get really nuts about it. Go into the the advanced power settings. Set a performance cap for the CPU and GPU to prevent pulse and momentary heavy loads. For when the laptop is on battery power.
https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/discharge_characteristics_li

If the battery is easily removed. Then by all means. Discharge it to 40% and store it in a cool dry place. If you are overly concerned about losing capacity.

Cylindrical batteries have gone out of favor a while ago. The prismatic batteries are popular in laptops, tablets and phones. As they are more space efficient. They have been so for a while now.
https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/types_of_battery_cells

The same general rules apply for care. As they are generally difficult to access. Removing them would be impractical. Also leaving them out on a shelf for when power is not available is impractical. As batteries lose charge sitting around. You'd have to make sure to maintain charge.
https://batterycare.net/en/guide.html

Just use it every once in a while. Perhaps discharge it 30% every month. Don't leave it sitting around in a hot place. Let the computer sleep for an hour before charging. If I recall correctly you want to discharge at least 20% before recharging. To minimize capacity loss.

If you want to get really nuts about it. Go into the the advanced power settings. Set a performance cap for the CPU and GPU to prevent pulse and momentary heavy loads. For when the laptop is on battery power.
https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/discharge_characteristics_li

If the battery is easily removed. Then by all means. Discharge it to 40% and store it in a cool dry place. If you are overly concerned about losing capacity.

 

[shot]

Cylindrical batteries have gone out of favor a while ago. The prismatic batteries are popular in laptops, tablets and phones. As they are more space efficient. They have been so for a while now.
https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/types_of_battery_cells

The same general rules apply for care. As they are generally difficult to access. Removing them would be impractical. Also leaving them out on a shelf for when power is not available is impractical. As batteries lose charge sitting around. You'd have to make sure to maintain charge.
https://batterycare.net/en/guide.html

Just use it every once in a while. Perhaps discharge it 30% every month. Don't leave it sitting around in a hot place. Let the computer sleep for an hour before charging. If I recall correctly you want to discharge at least 20% before recharging. To minimize capacity loss.

If you want to get really nuts about it. Go into the the advanced power settings. Set a performance cap for the CPU and GPU to prevent pulse and momentary heavy loads. For when the laptop is on battery power.
https://batteryuniversity.com/learn/article/discharge_characteristics_li

If the battery is easily removed. Then by all means. Discharge it to 40% and store it in a cool dry place. If you are overly concerned about losing capacity.

Do you happen to know how long should I charge this new laptop for the first time? Thanks

 

[Karadjgne]

Older laptops used a nickle cadmium (NiCad) battery. The issue with those was they developed habits, so if you regularly only discharged the battery to 50% before recharge, sooner or later that would be an almost permanent setting and you'd only get 50% of your battery life total. NiCad's best life expectancy was with regular periodic full battery drains to keep a full range of charge.

Then came Lithium Ion batteries. For many, they were clueless about the battery change, and would discharge it fully. That's the absolute worst thing for Li-ion there is. Never fully discharge one, maintain at least 10% minimums. But charge/discharge as much as you want as Li-ion are not NiCad and don't get the level memory.

First charge should be @ 24Hrs. Li-ion are generally shipped at 50% ish, so a full 24Hr charge will set the boundaries for full charge rates vrs trickle or maintenance charge rate.

 

[shot]

Older laptops used a nickle cadmium (NiCad) battery. The issue with those was they developed habits, so if you regularly only discharged the battery to 50% before recharge, sooner or later that would be an almost permanent setting and you'd only get 50% of your battery life total. NiCad's best life expectancy was with regular periodic full battery drains to keep a full range of charge.

Then came Lithium Ion batteries. For many, they were clueless about the battery change, and would discharge it fully. That's the absolute worst thing for Li-ion there is. Never fully discharge one, maintain at least 10% minimums. But charge/discharge as much as you want as Li-ion are not NiCad and don't get the level memory.

First charge should be @ 24Hrs. Li-ion are generally shipped at 50% ish, so a full 24Hr charge will set the boundaries for full charge rates vrs trickle or maintenance charge rate.

Thanks for this info. I really appreciate now knowing this. Thanks shot