Tips for Extending Battery Life On Your Laptop, Tablet, or Smartphone
1. Keep out of temperature extremes. Extreme heat and extreme cold can cause your battery to drain more quickly.
2. Most of us keep our screens at maximum brightness, and this is a huge cause of battery drain. Try reducing brightness by 10% increments, and you may be surprised that eyestrain is diminished when it is not so bright. And, you can probably drop the brightness a little more at night; it’s worth the few seconds it takes to lower the brightness.
3. If you have auto-check for mail, turn it off or set it to check less often when not plugged in.
4. Turn off sound, or eliminate system sounds. At the very least, reduce the volume as low as possible.
5. It is best to recharge the battery before it completely discharges, but once a month or so, let the battery completely discharge, as it actually resets/calibrates the fuel gauge of the battery.
6. On laptops, make sure you do not let automated tasks complete unless you are plugged in. This would include defrags, virus scan, etc..
7. Devices that plug into USB ports can also drain power. If you have a mouse or other device plugged into a USB port while on battery power and can do without it, do so. USB devices indirectly draw power from the battery.
8. If you don’t need Internet access, turn off the Wi-Fi connection. Using Wi-Fi can use power, especially when your laptop or other Wi-Fi device is searching for a signal.
A coworker said he had a great little vacuum for his car it was rechargeable. He said it was great but mentioned it died after a year. Well of courree. He left it in the car as if it was some magic device. It surely froze in winter, roasted in summer., no battery can live through that