ConceptD 3 CN314-72G - Maximize battery lifespan?

IvanDiego

Hi everyone!

First things first, I apologize for my bad english, but I'm gonna try to explain my question as much as possible. Well, two months ago I preordered ConceptD 3 CN314-72G and I can't wait to get one in my hands
While I'm waiting for it I just wonder, since my workflow is most of the time based at home while my computer is on charge, is there any software setting inside Acer Care Center for battery to maximize battery lifespan? For example my old Dell G3 (still using for daily work) has setting inside Power Management with which I can set my laptop to charge and keep between 50% and 60% of battery in order to preserve and maximize battery lifespan. We all know that constantly keeping battery at 100% while it's on charge is not healthy, so I wonder is there any similar solution for my future ConceptD 3 or is there any chance to get one in future updates if there is no any?

Thank you very much for your time and answers!

Cheers from Croatia

billsey

Best practices seem to be to keep it at 100% during normal use, then periodically allowing it to run a discharge/recharge cycle. My Switch 7 BE has been used in that fashion for coming on three years with very little battery degradation. There are a couple of things that the batteries do occasionally that can affect the perceived life though: They sometimes have the 'smarts' built into the battery get confused, that can cause the battery to report erroneous number to the system. The fix for that is a battery reset, the cause is likely bugs in the code that the battery runs internally. Windows also sometimes gets confused as the the battery stats. In that case you do a recalibration by cycling from full charge to critical low charge, running it down while Windows is running and charging while shutdown. Neither of those issues are likely to show up if you follow the best practices...

billsey

Best practices seem to be to keep it at 100% during normal use, then periodically allowing it to run a discharge/recharge cycle. My Switch 7 BE has been used in that fashion for coming on three years with very little battery degradation. There are a couple of things that the batteries do occasionally that can affect the perceived life though: They sometimes have the 'smarts' built into the battery get confused, that can cause the battery to report erroneous number to the system. The fix for that is a battery reset, the cause is likely bugs in the code that the battery runs internally. Windows also sometimes gets confused as the the battery stats. In that case you do a recalibration by cycling from full charge to critical low charge, running it down while Windows is running and charging while shutdown. Neither of those issues are likely to show up if you follow the best practices...

IvanDiego

@billsey, thank you very much for your quick respond and answer. I will keep this informations in mind, hopefully I'll get similar long-term results as you did with your Switch 7.