Leave Battery In or Out?

[slick1]

I have a Acer laptop which I run off of AC power 95% of the time. Is it ok
to remove the laptops battery when using AC or will this cause any problems
I may not be aware of?
-Acer TravelMate 2450 laptop.
-Windows XP , Home , SP3.
Thanks!

 

[LVTravel]

I have a Acer laptop which I run off of AC power 95% of the time. Is it
ok to remove the laptops battery when using AC or will this cause any
problems I may not be aware of?
-Acer TravelMate 2450 laptop.
-Windows XP , Home , SP3.
Thanks!

There have been discussions on various newsgroups about battery in or out on
laptops since newsgroups and laptops have been developed.

With the newer batteries used in laptops, heat, not the charge/discharge
cycles seem to cause the most damage to those battery types.

Personally, I leave my battery in as it is a built-in form of
uninterruptable power supply to my computer when running on shore power and
I have not seen a major loss of ability in the battery to power the computer
after more than one year.

Even if properly stored and charged exactly to a manufacturer's
recommendation you probably won't get more than 2-3 years of satisfactory
service from a laptop battery.

 

[slick1]

There have been discussions on various newsgroups about battery in or out
on laptops since newsgroups and laptops have been developed.

With the newer batteries used in laptops, heat, not the charge/discharge
cycles seem to cause the most damage to those battery types.

Personally, I leave my battery in as it is a built-in form of
uninterruptable power supply to my computer when running on shore power
and I have not seen a major loss of ability in the battery to power the
computer after more than one year.

Even if properly stored and charged exactly to a manufacturer's
recommendation you probably won't get more than 2-3 years of satisfactory
service from a laptop battery.

My laptop also sits on a Targus cooling mat,(2 fan model); if I remove the
battery will the cooler cause problems?

 

[DL]

No, but there again have you checked that it runs with the battery removed?

 

[LVTravel]

My laptop also sits on a Targus cooling mat,(2 fan model); if I remove the
battery will the cooler cause problems?

See Dl's response but if it is on a cooling mat that would actually help
keep the battery cooler so there would be "longer life" than one sitting
without the cooler.

 

[biermanoski]

For what it is worth my 6 year old Compaq Notebook's original battery power
lasted around 1 hour 20 minutes. But when it powered down in less than 1/2
hour I purchased a new one online.

This replacement has lasted 4 years but only has always had a run-time of
just about an hour.

Jean

 

[stefanoes]

However the battery, acting as a capacitor, smooth ripples from AC source.
Without battery, you leave circuits more exposed to ripples