How to extend the laptop battery life

How to extend the laptop battery life

• Disable Blue tooth: If you are not using blue tooth, you should always disable it to save laptop battery life. Blue tooth always drains energy from your laptop battery.


• Avoid use of external devices: Keep a watch on use of external devices like mouse etc. The external devices drain energy from your laptop battery. Try to use touch pad instead of using USB mouse to save laptop battery power. Try to avoid connecting external devices to your laptop.


• Avoid multi tasking: A laptop memory which is in use consumes more power for holding the data. Using more memory mean using more swapping or virtual memory space of your laptop's hard drive. This puts an additional usage of laptop battery. So always try to use the applications that you need at any time instead of keeping multiple windows and applications open and not using them. Close all the applications that run in the background.


• Avoid extreme temperatures: Laptop battery life will reduce if you try to use them at extremely high temperatures. Always try to charge a laptop battery or use the laptop battery at room temperatures.


• Avoid use of CD/DVD drive: Try to copy the data that you need into the hard disk of your laptop instead of reading it from a CD or DVD. CD/DVD drives consume lot of power to spin the CD or the DVDs.


• Don't pack laptop battery in hot condition: You should never pack a laptop battery in an enclosed space when it is still warm. The laptop battery that is frequently hot will lose its life faster than the battery that is cool. So before packing your laptop into the casing, always check that battery is cool.


• Shutdown instead of standby: If you plan of not using your laptop for some time, immediately shut it down instead of keeping it in standby mode. Standby mode continues to drain power from laptop battery to keep your laptop to go when you open the door.


• Clean the battery contacts: Always try to clean the laptop battery metal contacts with rubbing alcohol with a damp cloth once in a month. This will increase energy efficiency of your laptop battery.