how long do i need to charge my battery on chromebook cb3-431

ja2063

just bought a chromebook cb3-431.  how long will it take to charge?  do i let the battery get really low before recharging?

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billsey

Normally it should only take a couple of hours to charge fully. It charges slower if you have the Chromebook on than if you have it off. You should treat the battery the same as you would with most any notebook, keep it as charged as possible, but periodically allow it to drain down then recharge. The battery will last the longest if you do a full cycle periodically but doesn't really get hurt by staying fully charged for long periods of time.

 

I typically leave mine plugged in all the time, except when I'm on the road (a couple of times per month for several days each time) where I'll use it during the day and charge at night.

Loulou280

My battery keeps losing percentage of power. I tried hardware reset still no help

Ale1972

ja2063 said:

just bought a cb3-431.  how long will it take to charge?  do i let the battery get really low before recharging?

My understanding since charging up mobiles laptops etc for the very 1st time is that the instructions for virtually every product of battery charged devices are to allow a full 16 hours charge without powering devices on for example soon as you open device packaging plug into device then power socket without switching device on at all until after the 16 hour charge these instructions are nowhere to be found for my Acer CB314 on the download manuals or the booklets that came with. Acer need to include these above points for initial battery charge my only thought of these instructions being omitted is so the battery dies fast & you purchase again always allow battery to fully drain & then fully recharge as many times as possible to retain a good battery life

Ale1972

I finally found on the Argos app (for the Acer 314 chromebook where i purchased mine from yesterday)
some battery info... there is a tab under "about this item" on Argos called  "more details" it shows a picture of a symbol: a leaf in front of a battery saying 12.5 hours! i'm guessing that's the initial charge recommendation time as there are 2 battery life times stated for this item 1 says 9hrs battery life another says 10hrs battery life! This needs to be all made clear and correct in the set up booklet that is provided with the chromebook! 

billsey

@Ale1972 you are camping out on a thread that is several years old, so you won't be getting a lot of activity, most users ignore anything this old. Most systems have the battery status LED change from amber to blue when fully charged.