Battery drain times on a 2019 Acer Chromebook Spin 13inch CP713-1WN. Does 3hrs sound about right?

EdwarJohnAllen

Hi there

What would you expect the battery drain time to be on a Acer Chromebook Spin 13 please?

we are getting @ 3hrs with light use.

And if it is an issue, is it possible to swap the battery on this model?

Many thanks in advance

Edward

JackE

You should expect to lose between 10-20% of full charge design capacity per year even if the battery sat unused on a shelf. So I'd expect about 50% loss of the original full charge design capacity in 3 years.

If you get 3hrs now, then with the exact same light use and screen brightness, I'd guess you probably would've gotten closer to 6hrs in 2019 immediately after purchase. How's my guess?

Google search the keywords "CP713-1WN" & "battery" for vendors who ship new replacement batteries to your location. About $40usd. Fairly easy to change

paulmurphyx

My Spin 13 has had a disappointing battery life since I first had it - less than five hours when new and now well less than three hours two years later. It's not used every day as it's my personal machine and not my work one. Has anyone found that replacing the battery has fixed the issue or is the short battery life integral to the design of the machine?

JackE

Depends on how you're using the machine. For example, how many browser tabs or browser instances are open. What screen brightness you are using. Disk or SSD-intensive reading/writing apps. GPU intensive videos. Etc Etc. Lots of variables. Advertised battery life is usually a laptop turned on with a minimal program like a text editor running at very low screen brightness. So if advertised life is up to 12 hrs with a brand new battery, real life could be more like 6 hrs when browsing, at 50% screen brightness with a virus scanner and a few other apps running in the background.

Commodore_1995#

Hello! Can you check battery wear with hwinfo64?