Questions tagged [lithium-ion]
A battery chemistry widely used in many modern electronic devices, characterized by high energy and power density.
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PC Shuts Down Before 10% and Battery Test Shows Battery Capacity Reduction
I recently purchased a new Li-ion battery for my HP Probook 4520s PC which claims to be 5200mAh/58Wh. When I ran battery scan with windows powershell, I saw that the capacity was 45Wh.
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Laptop Battery: Can I use 14.7v battery instead of 10.8v?
I'm using an HP G5 245 laptop and want to replace the OEM battery, which has a capacity of 47WH @ 10.8v (P/N: HSTNN-PB6V TPN-1124 844198-850 MI06):
I couldn't find a 10.8v battery, but found some ...
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Limiting macbook (usb c) charge level to 60%, during prolonged desk usage, by plugging into a smaller charger
Having scouerd the internet, I gather keeping a lithium battery at 100% charge for prolonged periods is a bad idea.
While there seems to be a workaround for magsafe macs (How do I keep a MacBook ...
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Would using a laptop battery with 0.2 V difference hurt my laptop?
A similar question has been asked before but it doesn't answer my specific problem.
I got the HP Star Wars Special Edition Laptop (HP Pavilion series) when they were promoting The Force Awakens about ...
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Diy laptop battery extension [closed]
So I was wondering how I could increase the mAH of my laptop's battery, which is quite lacking at 36Wh.
One idea I had was to fill up the 2.5 hdd bay with lithium flat batteries and solder them in ...
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Laptop battery stopped working overnight
I have an old laptop (Acer apire timeline X 5820tz) which actually has the original (li-ion) battery, few years old. Despite the age, the battery was working well, allowing the laptop to run for ...
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Can UPS be purchased without containing batteries?
For an assignment I'm designing an Alternative Power System (APS) for a university building. Another group is design solar cells for the building which will contribute to the grid. The building ...
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Optimizing battery health on device that is usually plugged in
I just discovered (from an Android app called AccuBattery) that fully charging a lithium ion battery is significantly harder on it than charging it to only 80% or less. Most of my devices use lithium ...
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How to safely store a defective (bulging) lithium-ion battery
I have a defective lithium-ion battery, one that is bulging quite severely, it's about 50% thicker in the middle than at the edge.
While the battery actually still works, I've replaced it as the old ...
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Is it bad to put 3.7V on 3V mice?
I have mouse that take two AAA batteris, so it take 3V.
Is it OK put one 10440 of 3.7V and one spacer instead?
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What happens when laptops reach 100% charge?
I have been reading alot of mixed views on how Lithium Ion batteries work when it comes to laptops. I have the new dell xps 15, with an intel i7 cpu, 16gb ram, and a 512gb ssd.
Is it bad for the ...
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Should I keep my laptop plugged in as much as possible? [duplicate]
I know there's already some feeds on this but I just can't get one straight answer. Everybody says different things. I have an Asus laptop with a Lithium-polymer. I do game a lot so what's your ...
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Is it safe to leave a Li-ion battery for weeks unplugged while it's not fully discharged ? And is it safe to unplug it while the PC is on?
Is it safe to unplug a li-ion battery not-discharged and leave it unplugged for a considerable period of time? (Less than a month)
Is it safe to unplug the battery while the PC is on and directly ...
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How to initialize a lithium-ion battery?
I just bought a lithium-ion battery for a Lenovo ThinkPad T61, and frustratingly it displays being able to charge only at 91% of its design capacity (65.16 Wh out of the designed 71.28 Wh).
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Prolonging Lithium-ion battery life: what should I do? [duplicate]
There are many suggestions about lithium ion battery:
Prevent over-discharging. Cell reversal can cause an electrical
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It is good for the battery to be completely discharged every so
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