How to get maximum battery life

hkSai

While browsing, i went thriugh this. but some answers in my previous post did not tally to this. i highleted 2 points which i cant confirm whether they are true or not. Any help would be appreciated

https://us.answers.acer.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2384/~/how-to-charge-and-care-for-your-acer-battery

Optimizing battery life

Use AC power whenever possible, reserving battery for mobile use.
Remove accessories that are not being used (e.g. a USB disk drive), as they can continue to draw power.
Store your PC in a cool, dry place. The recommended temperature is 10° C (50° F) to 30° C (86° F). Higher temperatures cause the battery to self-discharge faster.
Excessive recharging decreases the battery life. .

Conditions that can adversely affect the battery

Using the computer on constant AC power.
Not discharging and recharging the battery to its extremes, as described above.
Frequent use; the more you use the battery, the faster it will reach the end of its effective life. An embedded battery has a life span of more than 1,000 charge/discharge cycles.

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xapim

strider16 said:

I'm feeling experimentalist with this device. Since it doesn't have an app for controlling charge (I'm still sad a device expensive such as helios 300 having so much rough edges), I'm monitoring charging myself, letting it discharges until 55% and charging to 75%, then plugging the charger on and off manually. It takes ~25min each cycle while using it.

You can get all detailed battery stats with battery bar pro also as i had said before always connected on AC will not harm the battery (it will never overcharge) and lastly to keep the battery optimized u just need to let it discharge to 20% once every 3 months and recharge it to full again those are the steps everyone should follow to not degrade their battery but i see many ppl gaming on battery that will for sure deteriorate the battery life but hey who am i to say anything everyone does whatever they want and feel like to but everyone should keep in mind it's a gaming laptop with a non removable battery (which it's main purpose it's to aid the adapter when this one needs extra power) it's not a normal everyday use laptop mine is on AC since i got it 7 months ago and i have 6% battery wear

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ven98

The 2 highlighted points kind of contradict with each other. Using the laptop on contstant AC power is bad, but at the same time recharging is also bad. 1 charge cycle(a measure for battery life span) equates a charge from 0% to 100%. Charging from 0% to 50% will require less energy than charging from 50% to 100%, which means it will degrade the battery less than charging from 50-100%. With every single % charge higher more energy is required to push to the next percentage, which means 0-50% will take 0.3 charge cycles(that is an example made up from me, it can differ from battery to battery), while 50%-100% will take 0.7, which equates to 1 full charge cycle. Although in both cases you charge only 50% you can say that to increase the amount of energy stored or the 'density' of energy you need more energy.

Usually it is best to let the battery percentage drop to 20 and not let it charge higher than 90% for least amount of deterioriation. Unfortunately, that is impossible for Acer Predators as you are required to have the AC adapter plugged in in order to get the full performace. When the device is on battery power only it will use around 50% of total performance. I personally wouldn't worry about battery deterioriation, especially on gaming laptop where having constantly plugged in is crucial for performance.

strider16

I'm feeling experimentalist with this device. Since it doesn't have an app for controlling charge (I'm still sad a device expensive such as helios 300 having so much rough edges), I'm monitoring charging myself, letting it discharges until 55% and charging to 75%, then plugging the charger on and off manually. It takes ~25min each cycle while using it.

xapim

strider16 said:

I'm feeling experimentalist with this device. Since it doesn't have an app for controlling charge (I'm still sad a device expensive such as helios 300 having so much rough edges), I'm monitoring charging myself, letting it discharges until 55% and charging to 75%, then plugging the charger on and off manually. It takes ~25min each cycle while using it.

You can get all detailed battery stats with battery bar pro also as i had said before always connected on AC will not harm the battery (it will never overcharge) and lastly to keep the battery optimized u just need to let it discharge to 20% once every 3 months and recharge it to full again those are the steps everyone should follow to not degrade their battery but i see many ppl gaming on battery that will for sure deteriorate the battery life but hey who am i to say anything everyone does whatever they want and feel like to but everyone should keep in mind it's a gaming laptop with a non removable battery (which it's main purpose it's to aid the adapter when this one needs extra power) it's not a normal everyday use laptop mine is on AC since i got it 7 months ago and i have 6% battery wear

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