Laptop on mains

[cryptic1]

Hi guys

My laptop's uptime is now 2 days and a bit. It's connected via the adapter to the mains.

Would there be any damage to the battery or any other component for that matter?

Thank you in advance

 

[HavocXphere]

Should be OK. If you want to be extra careful then remove the battery.

 

[The_Techie]

The battery shouldn't be damaged by it, no

 

[quik]

The batteries still wear out when the notebook is on mains.

Some hardware sites recommend you taking out the battery, putting it in a vacuum sealed bag and placing it in the fridge if you don't need it.

Just don't try and have it as a late night snack

 

[bwana]

I'd be more worried about Eskom than any potential damage to the battery caused by using the it in the way that it has been designed to be used.

 

[.Froot.]

I'd be more worried about Eskom than any potential damage to the battery caused by using the it in the way that it has been designed to be used.

+1

Happened to me. With a power outage, I lost a R1800 battery... not exactly impressed. HP told me that with prolonged online times I should remove my battery. It's not necessary to do a full-blown "store sequence", just put it in every day, charge it and then remove it again.

 

[JohnnyQ]

I have a seen this many times. If you leave your battery in while connected to mains it will not last. A customer traded in an old p3 Compaq laptop on a newer model, this thing was probably 5 years old, but the battery still lasted around 2 hours. He always removed the battery when on mains. So if you want your battery to last, let it run totally flat once a month, recharge then remove and take it out while using your lappie on mains.

 

[Moederloos]

What a pain in the rear!
I had no idea one had to do that. I am pretty sure 99% of notebook users spend 99% of the time on mains.

 

[cryptic1]

Thank you guys, battery removed

 

[bboy]

You don't need to remove the battery,rather just unplug from mains an hour or two before switching off, let the battery sit at night half charged.

What happens with the batteries is that when sitting at full charge they develop an internal resistance(basically, its a long and complicated thing) but then you end up with one of those batteries that drops from 80% to 5% in 2 minutes.

The lithium ion batteries are always best left in a half charged statem when stored, when running its best to have them either charging up or draining.