Benefit of unplugging laptop battery?

[bobduncan]

Hello,

A friend of mine uses his laptop primarily in his fixed office. Hence he removes his battery & works directly off the A/C power supply claiming this will prolong the battery-life. Is this correct?

What are the pros/cons of this action? E.g. do laptop batteries regulate the A/C supply at all & could this action put his motherboard at risk?

What other issues are there?

Cheers,

BD.

 

[Jason S]

Lithium ION batteries do have "life cycles." They can only be charged & discharged so many times (100's or 1000's). Over the years your battery won't hold a charge as long. Kind of like shoes, the less you wear them the less worn they are.

The battery doesn't regulate anything, it won't damage the hardware...

 

[Jorsoft]

No issues here, actually kind of a smart thing to do if you rarely use your battery as it is the best way to preserve its life.

 

[pc_boy]

yeah but you would still want to charge/discharge them once a month at least, because then the chemicals will harden and it'll shorten it's life